Steve Greaves

Photorealism Paintings

This website illustrates and describes around 100 pieces of artwork 

by British artist / painter Steve Greaves produced over the past

30 years. It contains around 350 pages of art images and information

with new items being added regularly. 

A Celebration of the Ordinary

The paintings fall into 2 main categories: 

1. Photorealism Paintings - detailed paintings, some more highly

finished than others. These are mainly Wildlife, Portraits, Sports

and Toy paintings.

2. Impressionism / Expressionism Paintings - loosely painted

pictures. Mainly Landscapes but also includes some Wildlife

and Portrait paintings.

Photorealism Paintings

David Beckham Key Ring  - Toy Paintings

Most of my artwork is based on photographic reference, 

usually my own but sometimes taken from the mass media 

or supplied by people who commission paintings or drawings. 

Influences on my Photorealism Paintings include the well

known American Photorealists such as Chuck Close, Ralph 

Goings, Richard Estes and Randy Ford.

Popular American Realist painter Andrew Wyeth and New 

Zealand bird painter Raymond Harris Ching have also greatly 

influenced my work.

The Photorealism Painting Techniques section covers all aspects 

of the production of the artwork from taking reference photos 

and transferring the drawings onto board or paper, to the actual

painting process and the framing of the finished artworks.

For a full list of my paintings see the Chronology page.

Impressionism / Expressionism Paintings

Wentworth Corn Field  - Landscape Paintings

A series of mainly Landscapes and Townscape Paintings painted in looser

styles associated more with Impressionism and Expressionism than with

Photorealism. Any underlying drawing is gestural and the paint is applied

spontaneously with a sense of freedom and experimentation.

See also Wildlife Paintings section.

Flickr

I began uploading my photo collection to Flickr in June 2008 and continue to

add new photos as well as images from my archives on almost a daily basis

and my Flickr Photostream now contains nearly 1,000 images of subjects

ranging from wildlife and natural history subjects to architecture and toys.

Some of my photos have been published in books, leaflets, posters and other

publications.

Getty Images

Robin in the snow - photo by Steve Greaves

27 of my photos are available to license exclusively through Getty Images

and cover mainly natural history subjects such as birds, animals, bonsai trees.

All of my photos are available for Request to License via Getty Images .

Here is a link to my set which is part of the Getty Images Flickr Collection:

Steve Greaves Getty Images on Flickr

I hope to add a new section about my Photography Techniques and equipment

to the website sometime over the next few months...

 

Graphic Design by Steve Greaves

Graphic Design examples of book covers, leaflets, brochures,

magazine designs etc. can be seen in the Collaborations section. 

Including  artwork produced for Temple Press, Impact Magazine,

Brinsworth Comprehensive School Science College, and also

contemporary artists such as John Cuttriss. Many of the designs

incorporate photos by Steve Greaves.

You can buy several items on this website direct from the Artist:

Original Paintings    Limited Edition Prints   Signed Greetings Cards

Buying direct from the artist means you do not have to pay an Art Gallery

commission or an Art Dealer's fee.

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Thank You!

Steve Greaves

Photos on Flickr

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Steve Greaves uses

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