My earliest memory is of trying to catch a feather floating in the air above me.  I do not know how old I was or where this might have happened.  I remain intrigued and awed by the wonder, beauty and horror to be encountered in our world.  Music, poetry, myth and a sense of place are most important to my art.

 

I began painting in the 1960s whilst studying for a BMus at Goldsmiths, London, exhibiting both here and in Paris, but art was then put on hold until retirement.

 

I soon became fascinated by print, during an FDA Contemporary Practice Fine Art course at Brighton University, (Hastings Campus) and have continue to develop my work using a variety of printmaking techniques.  I now have a large press at my home studio, The Green Shed, but I also belong to bipArt, (Brighton Independent Printmaking Studio), where I etch and I screen print at Sussex Downs College.  I exhibit locally at the Brighton Festival Open Houses, at bipArt and have shown at Arts Forum and The Stables, Hastings and in Lewes.

 

I like to use both autographic and photographic material of my own as source material. A theme to which I constantly return focuses on image making inspired by the marshland at Pevensey Levels.  Other projects stem from travel at home and abroad.  Most recent work has resulted from a visit to Finland where I experienced at first hand the landscape so important to Sibelius and also enjoyed his music at the 150th Anniversary Festival in Lahti.

 

You may like to visit my website at www.lizsteadmanprints.co.uk