| Stephen Howard Naegle American Watercolor Artist |
| The Works of Stephen Naegle - Masters Thesis Utah State University, Logan, Utah |
| Masters Thesis found on Microfilm 10/06 Liz Lawyer, Journalism student at Utah State University (USU), responds to a call to the Journalism Department for a story and research on USU Graduate, Stephen Naegle, BFA, MFA. In an email, Liz does a quick report on her progress. She runs into a bit of red tape accessing five works in the Archives of the Museum. While investigating that, she locates on microfilm Stephen's Masters Thesis. It is titled Plant Forms and Weathered Houses in Watercolor. She mentions two of twenty watercolors reproduced in poor quality within the thesis are Thicket Series paintings, for which Stephen is known. A mother lode of information appears to be available in this thesis. Thanks to Liz, who is also the current Editor-in-Chief of the online USU student publication The Utah Statesman. University of Southern Utah |
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| Thicket -1 1968 In September 2006 a Utah State University student, Liz Lawyer, did a short story about Stephen Naegle's work and how this site was documenting his artwork. She found Stephen's Masters Thesis on Microfilm. She mentions a couple of the grainy black and white images appeared to be thicket paintings. When these two paintings appeared in my screen after unzipping the email, well, I immediately knew these images should be placed here under the Masters Thesis page. Naegle Family Collection slide or digital media. David Naegle, Utah Trip #2, October 2006 Used with permission. |
| Thicket - 3 1968 No, this painting is not in the masters thesis, but I will leave it on this page now just for comparison to Thicket - 1 1968. There is a painting by the Name Thicket 3 in the thesis, but this is not it. Wow, I just realized how much these paintings are alike, possibly the same subject with different emphasis or technique? Naegle Family Collection slide or digital media. David Naegle, Utah Trip #2, October 2006 Used with permission. |
| Masters Thesis arrives today in the mail. December 11, 2006 It is a very poor copy from a microfilm of photographs of twenty-two works done for the masters of Fine Arts Degree completion. Here are the paintings from the catalog: 1. Thicket I 2. Thicket 3. Barn in Winter 4. Tumbleweeds 5. Last Season 6. 6th W 2nd S 7. Milkweed 8. Rhodes Corner 9. Gable 10. Sage Flat 11. Stump 12. Cottonwood 13. Pines I 14. Pines 15. Weeds 16. Stream 17. Wood Siding I 18. Wood Siding 19. Spikes 20. Mahogany 21. Winter 22. Farmhouse Signees on the thesis: Gaell Lindstrom, Major Professor; Harrison Groutage and Everett Thorpe, Graduate Committee Members; and E. J. Gardner, Dean of Graduate Studies, Utah State University. Acknowledgement: Stephen H. Naegle Master's Thesis is on file at the Merril - Cazier Library, Utah State University, Logan Utah. (This information is subject to the patron's agreement required before release of documents from the library.) |