Stephen W

The bold and striking structural forms present in Stephen's abstract paintings demonstrate instinctive, expressive mark making while still retaining a balanced composition.​Influenced primarily by punk rock and grunge music in his teens, followed later by jazz, his work centres on mood with the freedom of improvisation at its core. The serendipitous nature of the process therefore acts as a guide when composing his work. The emotional impact of the image is always the primary focus of these paintings. Ranging from great, colossal walls of paint to more free-flowing expressive forms, they are built up in many textured layers with each layer referring to the marks made previously throughout the entire process. Composed largely instinctively, the paintings are physical, both in technique and presence, but ultimately attempt to communicate on an emotional level.