Steff Hutchinson: Portfolio: Artwork

         
 
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Steff Hutchinson,
MA in Photography
BA(Hons) in Fine Art, painting and photography.
Currently working on a Ph D in Photography and Aesthetics.

Artists' Statement

"My paintings and drawings are based on personal mythology and the literary world, showing mostly female characters juxtaposed with unusual settings. They tend to be of "human" dimensions - up to six feet in height, and up to four feet in width, though when working purely from life, I tend to work on a smaller scale. I work mainly in oils and chalk pastels.

"The paintings are often initially based on visual images that I find interesting, either photographs of my own or in the press, or fleeting glimpses of people in public places. I allow these images to work in my mind for a few months, gaining meaning as I gradually add complementary ideas, or alter the angles and lighting, in imagination only. The sketching and painting process itself usually takes less than a week.

"Many of the paintings seem to take on a narrative content - a few years ago, I deliberately produced a sequence of paintings based on the women in Shakespeare's plays - since then, many people have seen such stories in my work, so I have named the paintings after the characters they have mentioned to me. However, the narrative has come from the viewers of the paintings, not from me."

 

 
         

 

 

Art Exhibitions

1984 Group Show, Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth

1984 Biennale, City Museum and Art Gallery, Portsmouth

1985 Solo show, Copnor Methodist Church, Portsmouth

1986 "The Blood of Others", solo show, North Worcs College of Further Education, Bromsgrove

1988 "To Be Or Not To Be", solo show, Hexagon Arts Centre, Reading

1988 "The Prime of Life", solo show, Birmingham and Midland Institute

1988 Group Show, Arts for Labour Festival, Kenilworth Library

1989 Leamington Society of Artists Annual Exhibition, Leamington Spa Art Gallery (non-member)

1989 "Taking Roots", women's art exhibition, Bristol Cathedral

1992 "Art On The Move", mixed exhibition, Elm Bank, Coventry

1992 Director of Education Offices, Coventry

1993 Group show, Machado Gallery, Barford

1997 "Herstory", solo show, Southtown Gallery, Leamington Spa


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