BIOGRAPHY
Stephen
Brown
Stephen
Brown is a self-taught artist who has specialised almost exclusively
in aviation subjects for the last 15 years. Building on a
background as a landscape and aviation photographer, his style
carefully combines both these areas of interest. Stephen’s
originals in oil are in much demand and have been regularly
exhibited with the prestigious Guild of Aviation Artists.
Demand
for his originals is high with regular commissions being undertaken
for commercial and private clients as well as the RAF.For
many years Stephen successfully combined a career as a professional
in the IT industry with his passion for art. Recently though
he has chosen to go full time as an aviation artist.Stephen
says, “My interest in aviation comes both from my father,
who was a designer at Westland, and from growing up in post
war Britain on a diet of films like 633 Squadron and The Dambusters.
I
used to combine aircraft and landscape photos in the darkroom
with quite convincing results - when I reached the limit of
what I could do with this I turned to painting to get greater
flexibility. Photography taught me much about composition,
colour and contrast - drawing and brushwork skills, though,
have taken a long time to develop.My favourite paintings are
those like In Safe Hands where I can combine the aircraft
with a dramatic sky and plenty of period landscape detail.”
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