About
Steven is an emerging artist based near Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England. His family originate from Derbyshire but moved to Suffolk in 1983. He is largely self taught where art is concerned but he studied at the University of Westminster where gained a BA (Hons) in English Literature in 2001 and an MA in English Literature in 2006.
Sometime after graduation from University Steven decided to pursue his childhood ambition and become a professional artist.
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He has shown his work in many local galleries
He has also had his paintings published in a book called ‘Visions of Sudbury’ in 2007 and a local newspaper in 2009.
Steven likes to use acrylic on traditional stretched canvas. He enjoys a range of subjects including landscapes, portraits, pet portraits and figurative work.
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He takes commissions as well as exhibiting in galleries.
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His particular passion are his collection of interpretationist portraits of the late 19th Century, early 20th Century French theatre actress Sarah Bernhardt. He calls these ‘The Sarah Bernhardt Collection’ for which he uses mainly three pigments. Theses are Titanium White, Burnt Umber and Paynes grey in a technique he calls ‘The Sepia Effect’. Other colours are used if deemed necessary. With this technique, he hopes to create them with the feel of early photography.
He aims to capture Sarah Bernhardt’s own character and that of the character she is portrayed as performing
His more conventional landscapes are also created with acrylic on canvas. Using a full range of colours Steven aims to capture the beauty of form and colour.
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He is attracted to the hard lines of buildings combined with the softer textures of vegetation and human forms which often feature in his work
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Steven has drawn a number of commissions for his animal pictures - contact him to discuss these directly.