Norman Stevens ARA, an artist who originally trained as a painter alongside John Loker, David Hockney RA and David Oxtoby in the 1950s at Bradford College of Art. A master of the medium, Stevens taught himself printmaking in the early 1970s and in the process, found an art form that perfectly suited his meticulous and subtle approach. Exploring the landscape and built environment, his prints make use of color, light and shade to powerful and often haunting effect. Human presence is always suggested but never shown, a quality that the art critic, William Packer, has likened to a ‘game of hide-and-seek with the real world’. At the heart of the exhibition are important groups of prints including Stevens’ depictions of Venetian blinds and ‘clapboard’ houses, his distinctive images of Stonehenge and his captivating views of English formal gardens. From his first black and white etchings to the large-scale prints he produced in the 1980s, discover the work of an artist who developed an international reputation for his technically brilliant and beguiling prints. (https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/exhibition/norman-stevens-ara) Born in Bradford, Yorkshire, Stevens' first introduction to painting was assisting his father in his work as a signwriter. From 1952-57, he studied at Bradford Regional College of Art, forming friendships with fellow students including David Hockney, David Oxtoby, Michael Vaughan, and John Loker. Stevens moved to London in 1957 to study painting at the Royal College of Art; his tutors included Ceri Richards. ...Stevens began printmaking in 1970, and soon had an international reputation for his technical skill and ability as a printmaker, even mastering difficult techniques such as mezzotint. Prints of gardens and trees are considered a speciality of Stevens, particularly the studies of Kew and Kensington Gardens. Stevens exhibited his prints across Europe, including a British... (http://www.redfern-gallery.com/norman-stevens-ra_1051) undefined

More on Google