Stephen works in a variety of print media as well as painting. He studied at Goldsmiths College from 1975 to 1978 and went on to work as a professional photographer for many years before returning to drawing, painting and printmaking about ten years ago.

Colour has become increasingly vibrant in the recent still life paintings. Some interior spaces, like the John Soane Museum in London, have also been subjects of recent paintings. Glimpses of objects in a room or in the garden give rise to ideas of combining reds and oranges, greens and yellow ochre, and the shapes of foliage and household objects become silhouettes or abstract outlines. The variety of the observed world always provides a starting point, although the approach to the drawing is becoming looser and more fluid.