Artist’s Statement

I am a multimedia artist. I deploy the strategy known as Bricolage to inform decisions while developing artworks. I enjoy tinkering away with found objects and images I have collected. I don’t restrict myself to one particular style, theme, technique or medium. My art practice is essentially an evolutionary and eclectic handmade process.

I make artworks informed by general history my immediate environment, information and imagery acquired from trawling the Internet, TV, popular culture and exploring the Australian Landscape. Dr Seuss, Cartoon characters, toys and the Australian Landscape are elements I reference and use when making artworks.

Colour, texture, spontaneity and a good sense of humour are all very important elements to my work. I work on ideas and don’t restrict myself to one particular technique or medium to relay them. If an idea is best expressed through the use of texture and paint, I will use just that. If an idea is best expressed through the use of pop culture, I will focus on that.

I believe many artists throughout time have restricted, limited their potential and growth by pursuing just one distinctive style. My aim is to be free to pursue any direction I want at any given time. Not to be placed into a box to make things more convenient or a curators life easier.

I am about challenging what is traditionally accepted as the norm or the way something is supposed to be done. Ongoing experimentation is essential. Nothing is set in stone. Change is constant.

Stephen is represented in by Feather & Lawry Gallery in Toowoomba where he has more work currently hanging.