About the Artist
Steve studied Fine Art at Reading University and has a MA from London University. He has practised at Slade School of Fine Art, Central St Martins College of Art, Architecture and Design, City Lit, East London Printmakers, London Print Studio and Sir John Cass Faculty of Art, Architecture and Design (CASS).
Steve is a board member of Art Space, Portsmouth an executive member of Peninsular Artists, a member of East London Printmakers and a member of the Espacio Gallery, Whitechapel. He has studios in London and Hampshire.
He has exhibited mainly in Reading and at London Galleries, including the Mall Gallery, Pall Mall London and the Espacio Gallery in Whitechapel. He has previously been a finalist in the Windsor and Newton Summer Competition.
About my Paintings
My paintings are abstract and non-compositional. They are about visual order, positive and negative space and colour relationships. Colour defines the space and relationship, which is balanced in overall unity.
The challenge of painting is holding ideas together on the surface whilst managing the tension between the various elements jockeying for position. I want my paintings to give the feeling something is happening behind and beyond the surface.
