Paul Stretton-Stephens Devon, United Kingdom

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Paul Stretton-Stephens is a Visual Artist (VAA Member) who works with Fusion Hybrid Art, Digital Art, and Digital Photography, where he has a passion for anything coastal. He works from his home studio in Exmouth, Devon, UK where he creates compelling images that suggest worthy visual stories for our spaces. He aspires to have his works hung on walls around the world.

Artist Statement of Paul Stretton-Stephens A self-proclaimed ‘visual addict’, Paul has a penchant for living life to the full. As a military veteran, former physical education instructor, educational leader, mindset coach, and author his influence arises from a diverse palette of life’s experiences.

Self-taught, Paul often says, “I have to give gratitude to Santa Fe for saving my ‘artistic life’! When I arrived in Santa Fe some years ago I liked art, when I left, I left loving art, and life has never been the same since.”

Having lived by the coast for most of his life, it’s unsurprising that Paul’s chief inspiration arises from a love of coastal life. His travels have added to that inspiration from which he has developed a love of the multi-continent First Nation peoples' artistic depictions of water flow, rivers, seas, and oceans, along with an abundance of unbounded imagination. He particularly likes to focus on the relationship between light and movement whether that be big and bold or a snapshot of a microcosm while using colour as an allure. In his Fusion Hybrid Art, Digital Art, and Photography he likes to experiment with vibrant flowing colours subtly and occasionally explosively.

Paul has said, "I create art because of the freedom it provides on and off the canvas/screen. Expression is freedom, as is control over one’s time, thoughts, and resources." Paul has a love of the abstract and strives to provoke thought, view interpretation, and where possible comment. He strives for the same in his photography yet through a very different lens. His main photography focus, the Coastal Life Collection, comprises all things coastal arising from movement, form, and life. Paul’s future intention is to continue with his creative endeavours while experimenting with both digital art and photography. He’s delving into the unknown and expecting some spectacular results.