About Steve

Painting is a practice of attention - a way to hold presence, to notice, to align. Whether through the silent order of geometry or the intimate gaze of a portrait, I seek to create work that offers balance, calm, and quiet vitality.

Certain geometric relationships - such as those found in the Great Pyramid - have long been associated with energetic harmony. Emerging research in resonance, vibration, and spatial coherence (as explored in fields like Cymatics, bioenergetics, and heart-brain science) suggests that proportion may not only shape space, but subtly influence the body and mind. I find this deeply compelling. Geometry, in this light, is not only visual but vibrational - capable of restoring clarity, equilibrium, even a subtle sense of healing.

In this sense, my painting becomes more than expression. It becomes a way of attuning: of bringing inner and outer experience into coherence. A quiet recalibration.

Why I paint: My hope is that each work might offer a moment of stillness. A point of reflection. A kind of quiet medicine.

 

Steve is a London-based painter, emerging from a long career in architecture and design into the unfolding rhythm of painting. His work has been shown through the Catford Arts Trail and as part of a group exhibition at the Open Gallery in Halifax. Though largely self-taught, he has studied at London Fine Art Studios and City Lit, bringing formal discipline to a deeply personal practice.

He trained in architecture at the University of Cape Town and completed a Master of Science in Environmental Design at University College London. These foundations continue to inform his work - through proportion, structure, and a sensitivity to space. Whether in abstraction or portraiture, Steve seeks simplicity and balance. His paintings are an invitation into stillness.