About the Artist

Steve Harris was born in Dunedin, New Zealand, in 1953 and is a self-taught artist. In 1991, he moved with his wife Karen and two daughters to Australia. He now resides in Jervis Bay, New South Wales.

Steve has become well known for his impeccably painted still life compositions; His skilful use of light, shadow and space being a hallmark of his approach. He generally tends to depict objects which have an everyday function or have even been discarded, but the work is about much more than simple representation. He is a master of understated realism, which in turn evokes its own sense of ‘atmosphere’ and contemplative mood.

His works have been described as ‘meditations in light’, which is very much the feeling one has when attending one of Harris’s exhibitions. A type of reflective silence emanates from the paintings and imbues them with a spiritual quality that one would not perhaps anticipate.