Steven Heaton

My work is inspired by nature and the interaction of the mechanical and the man made element upon the landscape. Within my paintings, texture and surface is explored by using a variety of materials from traditional oil, and acrylic paint to the heavily layered and corroded use of metal and wire. My work presents an alternative view of this natural and chemical landscape as the lines of communication begin to blur, factories rust against an autumnal background & nature begins to creep into dominance where regular human use declines. Everything goes back to earth.

Selected Exhibitions

2009 'Dreams In A Changing Landscape' with the Alteri Chamber Choir, Church of the Holy Innocence, Manchester.

2009 Drumcroon Art Gallery, OK Studio's Group Exhibition.

2009 The Turnpike Gallery

2008 Selected Paintings, OK Studio's, Open Studio Event

2008 West Lancashire Open, The Chapel Gallery, Ormskirk

2008 The Turnpike Gallery, Leigh

2007 "Looking Sideways" Drumcroon, Parsons Walk, Wigan

2007 West Lancashire Open, The Chapel Gallery, Ormskirk

2007 The Grosvenor Museum of Art, Chester

2007 Past Present Future, The Turnpike Gallery, Leigh

2007 Paintings by Steven Heaton & Sculptures by Deborah Burdenburg, Church of the Holy Innocence, Manchester

2006 Selected Paintings, OK Studio's, Open Studio Event

2006 "Passionately Pink" Exhibition, Artshed, Hertfordshire, London

2006 "Objects of Desire" The Turnpike Gallery, Leigh