Anthea Stephenson

Anthea Stephenson, who is based in Sheffield, studied History and History of Fine and Applied Arts at the University of Leeds. She has painted all her adult life and has taken courses in life drawing and print-making as well as producing work in pastels and oils. Original sketches are generally made in pastel or charcoal and the finished work is usually carried out with painting knives on canvas.

She currently works as Heritage Officer at the University of Sheffield, curating, researching and displaying the University’s collections of paintings, silver and memorabilia and liaising with the curators of its museums.

Anthea Stephenson has exhibited widely including open exhibitions at the Ferens Art Gallery, The Cooper Art Gallery in Barnsley and the Laing Landscape Open Exhibitions as well as local galleries in Sheffield and the Peak District. She exhibits most regularly at the Great Sheffield Art Show and the University of Sheffield Fine Art Society.