Steve Roberts
The Abstract Experience of Landscape
Steve Roberts is a contemporary landscape artist currently living and working in the Cotswolds, UK. Steve has exhibited throughout the UK including Gloucestershire, south Wales and London. In 2024 he held his debut solo exhibition 'LUSCIOUS' at Spring Cheltenham. He has been represented by Art Cotswold (now 'Houghton Art'). His work has been selected for several open call group shows. Steve is an active participant in the wider artistic community and is a member of artForce collective, Stroud Artists Cooperative and New Bath Arts Club.
Steve has a BA in Fine Art from the Cardiff School of Art graduating in 2012 and an MA in Illustration from the University of Gloucestershire where he graduated in 2021.
Contact
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Steve Roberts
steverobertsart@hotmail.com
About
My work is a continual exploration of colour, texture and form. Muted and saturated, thick and thin, soft and jagged, these are the relationships which fascinate me.
I begin my abstract paintings outdoors, a process referred to as working ‘en plein air’. The continually changing sensory experience of the outside world inspires a process of fragmentation, my perceptions distilled into arrangements of colour and form. Whether that location is rural or urban, teaming with life or still and contemplative has a huge influence on the direction of the work.
Upon returning to the studio, I allow the paintings to dry for several days, bringing the surface to life with a fresh perspective. These subsequent layers playfully interact with those below, each new mark changing that which surrounds it. Only when the balance of harmony and contrast become unified will I consider the paintings to be finished.
The landscape provides the catalyst for abstract exploration. I see this process of working between the studio and the great outdoors as an ongoing conversation, a call and response which becomes richer and more meaningful as time progresses.