Stephen Pitt studied Art at Exeter College of Art where he gained a BA Honours Degree in Fine Art in 1989.

Since his graduation he has been a full time painter and his work has always been influenced by the landscape.

This began, when he was young, with the Chiltern landscape and the beech woods of Oxfordshire, England, and later with the Cornish coast and Dartmoor .

He then lived for some time in Wick, Scotland where he was greatly inspired by the abundance of stunning scenery and wildlife. He is now living and painting in Northern Ireland .

Stephen has paintings in collections all over the world from Australia to Japan , the US and Canada, and he has exhibited widely.