Stephen Morris

I was born in Solihull in 1957 and spent most of my formative years in Birmingham. My earliest art workbooks show a talent for pencil and charcoal drawing and a passion for churches and cathedrals is well represented in their pages. After taking my Art 'O' Level a year early at the age of fifteen, I dropped formal art education and went on to the Birmingham College of Food to study for an HND in Hotel and Catering.I met my wife, Lois, while working at a hotel in Buckinghamshire and we married in May 1979. After our wedding, we moved to Bury St. Edmunds where we worked as deputy management in this busy Suffolk market town for two years. We bought a tiny cottage in a village on the Norfolk Suffolk border which became our haven from a busy working life. During our time in East Anglia, I painted the flat landscape with its charming churches and the famous Rose Gardens and medieval ruins of the Abbey of Bury St. Edmunds. In January 1981, we moved to the Isles of Scilly where we joined my Uncle and Aunt in running their busy and successful guest house. For a few years, in the early 1980s, Nan and I were able to spend valuable time together, painting the beautiful island scenery. Today we run Glandore Gallery, selling my original watercol...

JUNE 2003 - two week Solo Exhibition at St. Marys Hall Hotel, St. Marys, Isles of Scilly

NOVEMBER 2004 - ArtEvent Exhibition, Grand Palais Lille, France - paintings exhibited by Arte Galeria Gaudi of Madrid.

SUMMER 2005 - paintings exhibited at Gaudi Gallery, Madrid.

APRIL 2009 - month long Solo Exhibition "Scilly Seasons" at the Gallery of the Birmingham Botanical Gardens, Edgbaston, Birmingham.

NOVEMBER 2011 - month long Solo Exhibition "Islands of Sun and Ice" at the Gallery of the Birmingham Botanical Gardens, Edgbaston, Birmingham.

APRIL 2013 - Spring Show, Gallery Tresco, Tresco, Isles of Scilly - five original watercolour and mixed media artworks.