Stephanie Lambourne was born in Sawbridgeworth in 1973. She studied Fine Art at the Hornsey School of Art from 1992 until 1996 and later went on and completed a PGCE in Art & Design Education. After art college she spent a couple of years in Norfolk creating hundreds of Ink Studies of the Norfolk and Suffolk coast.
On her walks along the beach Stephanie would collect driftwood and other objects that would be later used in her art works. Typically her work was based around the coastal ink drawings and would take the form of boats, cottages, beach huts and Sea Gulls. Today her paintings still link back to her earlier art works but people and humour are a major focus.
Stephanie Lambourne's art work is based on nostalgic memories of seaside holidays. Her paintings can feature: nuns who frolic on the beach; fishermen; mermaids and lots seagulls all with a burlesque feel.She paints almost everyday and has developed a style with very little perspective which is best described as naive or childlike.
Stephanie Lambourne's paintings are acrylic on canvas. She very rarely makes preparatory sketches, preferring to sketch ideas straight onto canvas which she feels creates a sense of freshness to her art work. Her paintings always contains a narrative and hopefully makes people smile at the simple humour of each art piece.
In addition to Red Rag Modern British Art Gallery David Atkins art work has been exhibited at other leading Modern Art Galleries. Each painting at Red Rag is sourced from the Stephanie Lambourne artist studio and like all Red Rag British art and Contemporary art it can be shipped worldwide.