Stephen Baxter
Stephen Baxter's art making practice responds to his immediate environment - the view from a window, creatures in our suburban garden, or recent holiday adventures. He includes found materials wherever possible when creating his work. Visiting local recycling shops is a favourite haunt for found materials. This habit began in Toowoomba during his Fine Art studies with DDIAE, now UniSQ, in the early eighties. Bricolage is a constant in Stephen Baxter's methodology and continues as the grounds for his creative practice and theoretical research.
As a multimedia artist, Stephen Baxter deploys the strategy known as Bricolage to inform decisions while developing artworks. Tinkering away with found objects and images he has collected and not restricted to one particular style, theme, technique or medium. His art practice is essentially an evolutionary and eclectic handmade process.
General history informs artworks of his immediate environment, information and imagery acquired from trawling the Internet, TV, popular culture and exploring the Australian Landscape. Dr Seuss, Cartoon characters, toys, and the Australian Landscape are referenced and used when making art.
