Steven Allen

MA Art & Design

Illustration

E: s.allen@longtrousers.co.uk
W: www.long-trousers.co.uk

Statement

Throughout my work, I often draw inspiration from various classical authors. From fables to myths, I love to explore the elements that make up the tale as a complete whole as well as examining the various meanings behind the words. Based loosely around Dante Alighieri’s ‘Divine Comedy’, my own body of work called ‘Inferno’ explores the idea of a journey through the lower forms of Hell, specifically within the ‘City of Dis’, and focuses on the more desolate or ‘unforgiving’ aspects of the poem.