Steven Dews
Maritime Painter
Steve’s Biography
Steven Dews has been described by Sotheby’s of London as “the best, there’s nobody else to touch him”.
Born in Yorkshire in 1949, Steven Dews’ rise to success from distinctly unpromising beginnings should be an inspiration to all young artists; he failed his Art A Level and then walked out of a Fine Arts Degree course after only a few weeks because of his disillusionment with the teaching methods, yet his work has now placed him at the pinnacle of the marine art world.
His love affair with art and the sea began at the age of 5, when he had a picture of a ship displayed on the wall at St Johns Infant School. He inherited his passion for ships and the sea from his grandfather, who was an Assistant Harbor Master in Hull.
Steven built up an astonishing portfolio for his first exhibition in 1976 and, on the exhibition’s first night, virtually his entire collection was sold. The following year he held an exhibition in San Francisco which also sold out to great critical acclaim and, since then, Steven has continued exhibiting regularly at leading galleries in London and throughout the world.
His spectacular canvas, The Battle of Trafalgar, reached a new world record price for the artist when it was auctioned in Bond Street, London, in the summer of 2005. The original painting is one of the largest the artist has ever created, with dimensions of 40 x 66; the painting took seven years from commission to final completion. It has also been published as a limited edition print in seven formats across both paper and canvas.
Steven currently lives in New Zealand with his wife Louise, and together they are sailing around the world in their schooner WOLFHOUND. Above all, Steven Dews lives and loves the subject he paints.
Over 100 of his limited editions have now been published and are available via Trinity House Gallery UK, as are commissions for original paintings.
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