Celebrating the Art of Steve Brooks (1949-2024): A Retrospective exhibition in aid of St Michael’s Hospice

Trained in Fine Art at the Harris College of Art and then at the Slade, Steve’s work was inspired by keen observation and visual explorations of ideas. Whilst at the Slade, he won the Slade drawing prize. In the late 1970s, Steve worked as a personal assistant to Richard Hamilton, who himself had been a pupil of Marcel Duchamp. This retrospective shows some more recent work that Steve exhibited over the last three decades. Steve is not here now but this does not stop Veronica (his wife), and Paul (his son), knowing what his thoughts might be about creating an exhibition. Through various media – pencil, pastel, watercolour, silverpoint and oil paint Steve was inspired by ideas – History is scattered with a plethora of theories surrounding our planet and its place in the cosmos. Steve’s last series of wonderful colourful explorations were based around creating 3 dimensional surfaces in paintings. These were a total experimentation with colour, materials and form. Steve continued until he could no longer create in the way that he could determine. Surrounded by his paintings and family, Steve received phenomenal care from the Hospice at Home team from St.Michael’s Hospice. It was his wish that his art should be sold to benefit St. Michael’s Hospice at this exhibition in appreciation of the continuing work of vital Hospice care; 30% of the sale price of all artworks sold will be donated to the Hospice.