Stephen Bend

abstract artist

Passion Ascending is An abstract painting of love and passion.

Passion Ascending Oil/wood panel (2024)

Exhibited at the 7th 2025 London Biennale (UK)‍ Also available through Artemisia‍

I used to dream in colour…. Oil on canvas (2026) 70x48 inches 178x122 cm

Selected for inclusion in the 9th‍ ‍2026 Chianciano Biennale (Italy) Also available through Artemisia

I am an abstract artist inspired by a diverse but complementary set of inputs and influences, that includes classical and contemporary music, science, nature, mythology, combined with the energy and ideology of art movements from the impressionists to contemporary abstract expressionists, my paintings seek to convey a subjective interpretation of the innermost feelings of the self

Please explore my art through the links below:

the Language of my art

colour, lines, shapes, motifs… what they mean, and a Curatorial Review by Despina Tunberg (Curator: Santa Barbara)

artistic themes

‘Love & Passion’, ‘Orpheus & Eurydice’, ‘Existential Expressions’ & ‘States of Mind’

non-thematic

non-thematic work predominantly from the last 5yr

autopictography

my life-story in abstract form as a polyptych

sketches

it always begins with an idea…