{"id":7327,"date":"2017-08-15T10:57:29","date_gmt":"2017-08-15T09:57:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.heals.com\/blog\/?p=7327"},"modified":"2018-03-15T14:24:43","modified_gmt":"2018-03-15T14:24:43","slug":"stephen-smith-artist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heals.com\/blog\/stephen-smith-artist\/","title":{"rendered":"British Designers at Heal’s: Stephen Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As part of British Designers at Heal\u2019s we welcome Stephen Smith<\/a><\/span>, our artist-in-residence, whose work is available to view and purchase at our Tottenham Court Road store.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Working under the studio name of Neasden Control Centre<\/a><\/span>, Stephen’s work is known for its multi-disciplined hand drawn approach often combining lettering, drawing and collage within graphic compositions.<\/p>\n

We sat down with Stephen to find out a bit more about him, his work, and what inspires him as an artist.<\/p>\n

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What motivated you to work as an artist? Is it what you wanted to get into growing up?<\/span><\/p>\n

I have worked as a both an artist & illustrator since I graduated from the University of Brighton in 1998. Although there are obviously differences between my commercial studio work as Neasden Control Centre and my art practice essentially I\u2019m motivated by environment, society & culture – both historic and contemporary. This influences my work in both capacities.<\/p>\n

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New work ! 150 x 180cm currently on show at @heals_furniture London during August. Acrylic and oil on canvas, 2017 #contemporaryart #contemporarypainting #heals #london<\/a><\/p>\n

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