Stephen Fox paints contemporary nocturnes where man-made light marks the interaction between timeless form and man's transit through a darkened world. The scenes depicted are heightened moments of stillness, landscapes where human activity punctuates the rhythms of nature.

The landscape paintings of this master American Tonalist are representative of his work throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Seeking to convey the soul of nature, Tonalists eschewed wilderness scenes in favor of depicting intimate rural locales bathed in the transitional light of dawn or dusk, the tranquil times of the day which for the viewer may incite to wistful meditation.

These paintings are from a series of work entitled "Temenos" (from the Greek verb, to cut). The work is in acrylic, watercolor and pencil on paper. They're an emotional and physical response to the fecundity and wilderness of the eastern Long Island coastline. Temenos: A sacred precinct. A sacred circle where one can be his or herself without fear.