Stephen John Owen

Stephen John Owen was born in Caernarfon in 1959 although he now lives and works in Groeslon.

He is a self taught artist whose work has been greatly influenced by his upbringing, both in Caernarfon and Church Bay Anglesey. As a child, he spent many a long school summer holiday on the Island at his grandmaothers home.
In later years, as a young man the urban images of Caernarfon were a great influence and are clearly expressed in his art work. He enjoyed art as a subject at school and was influenced and encouraged to paint by his art teacher William Selwyn.

Stephen has his own unique style of painting his passion continues to evolve and develop and he is constantly seeking inspiration from his surroundings. His subject, and his inspiration has always been the landscape and rural environment that surrounds him, that formed him. He captures the particular character of the villages, farms and old quarrymen’s cottages that have surrounded him all his life simply and sincerely. He invests these familiar and often lowly scenes with dignity and humanity.

His paintings are well known to many and are included in many personal collections across Wales and further afield in Europe and America.

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