Steve Read

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Steve grew up in Cornwall and the coast has always been a great source of influence and inspiration for him. He was fortunate to have the painter Cornouaillais John Piper as an art teacher at school and, thanks to him, he obtained a place at the Falmouth art school in 1987.

He then spent more than ten years in the advertising and design sector, working in London and Amsterdam, before returning to the coast in 2003, in the Dorset.

As an artist, Steve is recurrently interested in coastal landscapes and marine scenes, and his paintings often reflect a feeling of anticipation at the idea of spending the day at the beach.

Steve's work was strongly influenced by travel posters of the 1920s and 1930s, where the details are reduced to a minimum and where flatness of colors and strong shapes are used by light and shadow.

Another motivation factor for his art is the color - he chooses to use a limited palette of disatuated and earthy shades.

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Steve grew up in Cornwall and the coast has always been a great source of influence and inspiration for him. He was fortunate to have the Cornish painter John Piper as his art teacher at school and, thanks to him, he secured a place at the Falmouth School of Art in 1987.

He then spent more than ten years in the advertising and design industry, working in London and Amsterdam, before returning to the coast in 2003, in Dorset.

As an artist, Steve is recurrently interested in coastal landscapes and marine scenes, and his paintings often convey a sense of anticipation about spending the day at the beach.

Steve's work has been heavily influenced by the travel posters of the 1920s and 1930s, where details are kept to a minimum and flat colors and strong shapes created by light and shadow are used.

Another motivating factor for his art is color - he chooses to use a limited palette of desaturated and earthy tones.