Stephen Bend

artist

Passion Ascending is An abstract painting of love and passion.

©Stephen Bend 2024

Passion Ascending Oil on wood panel (2024)

Exhibited at the 2025 International London Biennale

I am an abstract artist with a synesthetic approach to colour and form

Inspired by a diverse but complementary set of inputs and influences, that includes classical and contemporary music, science, nature, mythology, combined with the energy and ideology of art movements from the impressionists to contemporary abstract expressionists, my paintings seek to convey a subjective interpretation of the innermost feelings of the self

Drawing upon emotional intensity and interpersonal interactions, and even sensuality; my paintings are typically introspective in nature with a sense that emanates from the soul

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©Stephen Bend 2026

colour, lines, shapes, motifs… what they mean

about my art

‘Love & Passion’, ‘Orpheus & Eurydice’, ‘Existential Expressions’ & ‘States of Mind’

artistic themes

my life-story in abstract form as a polyptych

autopictography

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