Nelson Stevens was born in 1938 in Bed-Sty, Brooklyn, New York. One of his earliest childhood memories was of drawing in chalk on the sidewalk in front of his home. “After completing our drawings, we would go up to the roof to look down at it—those were my first murals,” noted Stevens. In the fourth grade, Nelson won a spot in the Museum of Modern Art’s Saturday art classes for children. He was inspired by Picasso’s Guernica, which was on display at the time.
And His Name Is …, 1995
43.5 x 53 3/4″
Colored pencil and acrylic on Black Arches Rives paper