F2K 22: Artist Stephen St Francis Decky

Fun 2 Know Podcast

Multi-disciplinary artist Stephen Decky originally came out of Southern New Jersey but has flourished in his many artistic endeavors since moving to Northampton, Mass. twenty years ago. His paintings present Decky's uniquely sweet but treacherous world filled with anthropomorphized fruit and critters, angels and demons and 50's-styled spaceships that buzz his wide-open skies.. Decky has also created foam and cloth sculptures of these creatures that he has animated in his short films and more recently multi-media installations. Decky has also recorded and occasionally performed live with a trail of musical conglomerations, incl. Jeezus Jones Must Die, The Look-Ups, The Space Drunks & Steepletop. and the music we'll hear their music throughout today's episode in from Decky's voluminous catalog. I first met Stephen in 1985, when he was a teenage usher at the Deptford GCC movie theater and I was a 20 year old assistant manager. It was quickly obvious that he was furiously creative, already writing novels, painting a number of hand-stretched canvases and playing music with anyone he found game. Unusually sweet-natured and unpretentious and to this day the most-vigorously creative person I've ever met, I knew as a teen that Stephen was facing some particularly difficult challenges and I appreciate that he speaks about them so openly and honestly with the Fun 2 Know podcast. His final triumph over these adversities make this an unusually inspiring edition of the show. Today, Stephen teaches animation at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston where he received his masters. His work is represented by the William Bacsek Fine Arts Gallery in Northampton and you can find out more about his work at his website: werewolfmovie.net.