Steve Roberts
​Playful Explorations of the Infinite
​My abstract painting practice explores the infinite possibilities contained within a finite space. A simple visual structure informs a process guided by intuition. As I respond in an open and playful manner to what I see before me, the context shifts and changes. Colours are repeated across the surface which act in a similar way to notes or chords in music, providing contrast and context to the work as a whole.
I am not looking to control the process, instead I view the act of painting as a distillation of what it is to be alive and accept the perpetual and inevitable changes that unfold internally and externally. The paintings are objects that manifest through a focus on presence and process rather than outcome and are characterised by stark contrasts, directional marks and intense colour combinations.
Career History
Education
2018 - 2021 - MA Illustration, University of Gloucestershire.
2009 - 2012 – BA (Hons) Fine Art, Cardiff School of Art.
2008 – 2009 – Art Foundation Diploma, University of Gloucestershire.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 - 'Christmas Pop-Up' Beautyology By Renata, Monmouth, UK. (9th - 22nd December)
2024 - 'Small Works Winter Show' Spring Gallery, Cheltenham, UK. (5th - 23rd December)
2024 - 'Summer Show 2024' 54 The Gallery, Mayfair, London, UK. (8th - 14th July)
2023 - 'The Small Works Winter Show' Spring Gallery, Cheltenham, UK. (3rd - 23rd December)
2022 - 'The Small Works Winter Show' Spring Gallery, Cheltenham, UK. (1st - 23rd December)
2022 - ‘The Landscape’ Sixteen Gallery, Cheltenham, UK. (7th – 17th May)
2022 - ‘Spring Contemporary Painters’ Spring Gallery, Cheltenham, UK. (12th April – 1st May)
2021 - ‘Small Works Show’ Spring Gallery, Cheltenham, UK. (1st – 23rd December)
Art Fairs
2023 - Bath Contemporary Artists Fair (BCAF), Park Green Station, Bath, UK.(8th October)
2023 - Bath Contemporary Artists Fair (BCAF), Park Green Station, Bath, UK.(10th September)
2023 - Art in Penallt, Humble by Nature, Penallt, UK.(18th - 20th August)​
Gallery Representation
2022 - Art Cotswold (Now 'Houghton Art' May – August)
​Solo Exhibitions
2024 - 'LUSCIOUS' Spring Gallery, Cheltenham (17th - 30th July)
Group Exhibitions
2026 - 'Cotswold Contemporaries' The Slaughters Village Hall, Lower Slaughter, UK. (22nd - 28th April)
2025 - 'Stillness & Storm' Spring Gallery, Cheltenham, UK. (15th - 28th October)
2025 - 'In the Wild' Sixteen Gallery, Cheltenham, UK. (20th - 26th February)
2024 - artForce collective: 'Air and Earth' The Gardens Gallery, Cheltenham, UK. (19th - 25th June)
2023 - artForce collective: 'Aspects and Visions' Sixteen Gallery, Cheltenham, UK. (3rd - 9th August)
2023 - Halcyon Days II, The Gardens Gallery, UK.(26th April - 1st May)
2023 - MA Illustration Alumni Show, University of Gloucestershire, Hardwick Gallery, Cheltenham, UK. (2nd - 12th March)
2022 - artForce collective: ‘Out in the Open’ The Gardens Gallery, Cheltenham, UK. (10th – 16th August)
2022 - artForce collective: ‘Across the Land’ Sixteen Gallery, Cheltenham, UK. (20th May – 1st June)
2022 - artForce collective: ‘Contours’ The Gardens Gallery, Cheltenham, UK. (9th – 15th March)
2021 - artForce collective: ‘Autumn Show’ Dove Gallery, Winchcombe, UK. (15th – 20th October)
2021 - artForce collective: ‘Conversations with Nature’ The Gardens Gallery, UK. (11th – 17th August)
2021 - artForce collective: ‘artForce 1.’ The Dove Gallery, Winchcombe, UK. (25th – 30th June)