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.