{"id":24,"date":"2020-03-31T17:42:01","date_gmt":"2020-03-31T17:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevengchapman.com\/?page_id=24"},"modified":"2021-03-22T12:33:09","modified_gmt":"2021-03-22T12:33:09","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stevengchapman.com\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"ABOUT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1144px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>Born in 1961 to a British mother and American father, Steve Chapman grew up in Saffron Walden, Essex. His father\u2019s occupation as an architect guided his early interest in sketching, often helping with site surveys and initial drawings for plans. In 1977, Steve began a three- year City &amp; Guilds Bricklaying Apprenticeship. His earnings from working with local Brick Gangs paid for travels around the USA and Europe.<\/p>\n<p>March 1983 offered Steve a doorway into live music, working as a Drum Roadie with Spear of Destiny, a Band on the rise whose members included one of Steve\u2019s oldest schoolfriends, Stan Stammers. With no cell phones, fax machines, or internet, Steve\u2019s instamatic camera and doodle book were the only artistic equipment to join the Band and Crew as they toured endlessly through the eighties, guided by youth, wit &amp; an instinct for getting the job done no matter what.<\/p>\n<p>Steve\u2019s touring career now spans four decades of moving around the globe, hitting arena and stadium shows with some of the biggest names in music. Recent clients include The Stone Roses, Richard Hawley, Royal Blood, and the Arctic Monkeys, to name but a few.<\/p>\n<p>Here we are in 2021 &amp; live music is at a standstill. With no touring in over a year, Steve has turned back to art, taking this moment as a chance to get deep into painting. His artworks vary in genre and composition, inspired by the people and places that chequer his time on the road. California pinks sit alongside moody Essex greys, forming an oeuvre of colourful, contemporary pieces.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Without art I\u2019m not sure where I\u2019d be or what I\u2019d be doing. The sense of achievement from even a single brushstroke is fantastic. The satisfaction and pleasure I get from creating on a long-term scale is overwhelming, and has brought about in me a new understanding, on so many levels.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I\u2019ve always taken a paint kit on tour with me, but now I\u2019m going to need to check in a separate piece of luggage to keep this ball rolling and never give up.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Until we can get back on the road, this is where I\u2019m at. \u2018looking for that great jazz note\u2019, but on canvas.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Thank you SGC&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1144px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1103\" height=\"329\" title=\"sgc-about\" src=\"https:\/\/stevengchapman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/sgc-about.jpg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-63\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevengchapman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/sgc-about-200x60.jpg 200w, https:\/\/stevengchapman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/sgc-about-400x119.jpg 400w, https:\/\/stevengchapman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/sgc-about-600x179.jpg 600w, https:\/\/stevengchapman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/sgc-about-800x239.jpg 800w, https:\/\/stevengchapman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/sgc-about.jpg 1103w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1103px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-24","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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