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Stephen Beckett Whatley (born July 22, 1965 in London, England) is an English painter. He specializes in expressionistic oil paintings. His subjects include city scapes, landscapes, architecture, still life, portraits and Christian works. Since 1992, Whatley has been honoring the anniversaries of architectural landmarks in London by painting them in their centenary years. He typically paints them on location. Landmarks he has painted include Bush House - former home of the BBC World Service, Broadcasting House, BBC Television Centre and the Tate Gallery, Tate Britain, Tate Modern, and Tower Bridge.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Your Paintings - Stephen B. Whatley paintings )〕 Since the year 2000, Whatley's Christian faith (he was born Anglican and converted to Roman Catholicism in 2011) has inspired him to paint numerous tributes to Catholic devotions.〔(Catholic Life Magazine, Whatley profile ) retrieved January 2012〕 In December 2008 ''TIME'' magazine editors selected his portrait tribute of Barack Obama from 100,000 images on the photography site Flickr.com for publication. It was published in ''TIME'' magazine's 'Person of The Year' issue 2008/2009.〔(TIME Magazine, Photo Essays ) retrieved 2008〕 The portrait is now in the private collection of an American property developer living in London.〔http://originalart.net/stephen-whatley-expressionism-902.html〕 ==Education== Whatley studied at the Ipswich School of Art from 1981 to 1983, and the Norwich School of Art from 1983 to 1986, where he qualified with a BA (Hons) in Fine Art – Painting. Whatley then studied at the University of London from 1986 to 1987, qualifying with a PGCE in art and design.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Artist: Stephen B Whatley - Poster and poster artwork collection, London Transport Museum )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Flickr: Stephen B. Whatley )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Stephen B. Whatley」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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