In his work Stee likes to celebrate the effervescent charm he observes in people, places and things. He plays and explores using a range of media including paint, ink, spray, photography, collage and installation. His pieces often invites further glances as you start to find secrets revealed from them. Often text or a hidden visual narrative, these secrets become personal to the viewer. Much of Stephen's self directed work is influenced by a symbiosis of a modest Midlands upbringing infused with the Far Eastern principles of balance and design. This can be seen in his character based work as well as overall content and composition of other pieces. Stephen's art education blossomed at West Nottinghamshire college where he studied Graphic Design and then Illustration & Photography under the illuminating teachings of Julian Bray, and then moved to Lincoln where he gained his BA (hons) Illustration Degree, practicing and developing his craft with the impressive backdrop of the historic Lincoln Cathedral. Stee has submitted work for several collaborative projects including '52 Artists 4 Bulwell' a community project celebrating the creativity and diversity found in city areas. He has also been involved in shared and solo exhibitions and provided artwork for companies including Howies, Element and Ouevre Records. Stee is fiercely proud of his home city of Nottingham with aspects of it and its people often championed in his work; he sees this as a platform and playground in which to propagate his art philosophy. His study of illustration taught him how context could be married with technique and media to achieve not only a reflected response, but inform a thought or feeling in someone or a group of people. Far from producing articles of just simple decoration he has become interested in the added value that comes from truly connecting with others using only images. Stee drinks tea