Steve Pannell

Biography

Stephen is teaching digital photography, Photoshop and web design courses at Southdown’s College in Hampshire. He returned to painting in 2008 after being inspired by some of his photos he had taken throughout his travels throughout the Far East. Stephen gained BA Honours in Fine Art at Portsmouth Polytechnic in 1981, where he experimented with painting techniques, incorporating soft focus techniques using an airbrush. “My paintings were influenced by my love of film and included paintings of many film star portraits, such as Laurel and Hardy, Marilyn Monroe and Princess Diana” Stephen gained much commercial success throughout the eighties with three successful shows at Liberty’s, Regent Street London.