About the Artist

Stephen Whittle (1953-2000)

Born in Leeds, England in 1953, at 17 he left school to study etching at the Chelsea School of Art, then to Brighton College of Art where he took an Honors Degree in Fine Art in 1975.

He was drawn to express his vision through two venerable English artistic traditions: the “English Landscape” and the craft of etching, establishing his etching studio in Lancashire in 1980. He was drawn to the harmony and balance of the natural world, and this was (and would remain) the subject of much of his etching work.

In 1981, Stephen had his first exhibition in London and was commissioned by Christies Contemporary Art to do a series of etchings with pastoral themes. His work quickly gained a following, and throughout the 1980s and 1990s Stephen worked with major art publishers and exhibited in art shows in London, Tokyo, New York, Paris and Frankfurt. He has had one-man or group shows in a total of fourteen countries and is held in both corporate and private collections worldwide.

Stephen Whittle took the traditional art of etching and fashioned it into something both fresh and familiar. Each creation is an intricate, intimate world of beauty that beckons us to enter and rest for a timeless moment of tranquility. Stephen’s deep sense of spirituality was expressed through his desire to create beauty and harmony and share it with others.

In 1992 Stephen moved with his family to the United States. Taking inspiration from his new environment, Stephen expanded his subjects to include vineyard, ocean and domestic settings as well as the English countryside. Stephen passed away from a swimming accident in Lake Tahoe in July of 2000.