Stephen Bishop’s paintings are often associated with the Dorset coast where he lives and works.
He is preoccupied with transformation and a yearning for the divine. Stephen stated, “I paint to find myself.”
Working predominantly with impasto oils and a rich palette. He often mixes oil and water mediums using unconventional techniques. His paintings exploren the fertile space between abstraction and representation. His work exemplifies a visceral emotive response to the sea and landscape.
His painting ‘Mr & Mrs Roberts’ was championed by Frank Auerbach who selected it for the National Portrait Gallery Open.
Stephen is a regular artist in residence on Tresco, on the Isles of Scilly off the Cornish coast.
His current work is inspired by his daily sea swim routine, drawings exploring Northern Soul and ancient neolithic sites of Wessex.
All enquires please contact
Stephen directly via info@stephenbishop.art
When I saw Stephen’s painting ‘Maypole Dancers’ for the first time I felt in the presence of a magic I had previously known only through music.
Transcendent and mysterious, I felt it spoke to me with voices from the past, to guide a future. I had to have it. I had to live with it, as I do now every day of my life.
I have loved Stephen’s work for years and enjoy seeing him constantly experimenting and challenging himself to move into new areas.