Stephen draws inspiration from everywhere. “I assume the form of a sponge,” he says. “I absorb everything. I find it helps to have a good recall of shapes and colours. I write down the idea as a bullet point kind of thing; draw some basic shapes and images with pencil and paper. Then I let the idea sit for... Read More

Stephen draws inspiration from everywhere. “I assume the form of a sponge,” he says. “I absorb everything. I find it helps to have a good recall of shapes and colours. I write down the idea as a bullet point kind of thing; draw some basic shapes and images with pencil and paper. Then I let the idea sit for many months until I have researched it sufficiently to work out the best way to execute it.” Stephen’s artworks always offer an alternate point of view. “There's not much point trying to replicate reality.” Stephen tells us. “There's always alternate ways of interpreting an event, a space, dreams... I include a degree of intellectual content in the works rather than just apply colour and shape for the sake of comfort. I create to satisfy my ‘self’.”

Stephen has degrees in both Education and Applied Arts and has lectured in the field of Applied Design. When he talks of his career in art he likens it to the early Buddhist texts that look for an answer not to the question ‘Where are we?’ but to the question, ‘What are we doing?’ “The unravelling of life is a process” says Stephen. “I tend to keep creating worlds and then move into them. As one world falls apart, I create another one and go there. At the same time, I bump into other people who are creating their own worlds, too.