Media: Pen
Stephen Wiltshire was the first artist I First stumbled across while doing my A-level exam, So I guess you could say I found my lightning and style of art at this point. Stephen Wilshire, unlike a lot of modern artist now days has an Interesting story behind him. Stephen Wiltshire was born and raised in London and at a late age was diagnosed as autistic. This means he was socially incapable of interacting with people, as well as others without the disorder could. Therefore, Stephen would use drawing, which was his way of communicating. If finding out he was a remarkable drawer wasn’t enough, Later on we was to discover Stephen has a photographic memory. Which to me, makes and labels Stephen Wiltshire as a very unique artist in the modern world of art. Stephen Wiltshire definitely taught me how to express detail in my own work within my own style, his work encouraged me to spend long hours on creating a detailed piece to be proud of. Stephen Wiltshire has made headlines from all over the world with his amazing talent, his work is truly unique.
