Self-defined as a tonal painter, and greatly admiring the works of Max Meldrum and his associates, Stephen is driven equally by his thirst for practical and theoretical art knowledge, and to those ends he embraces the research of pictorial history through the ages.

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Well-known for his lively and faithful studies of horses, either darting around the track competing at full gallop, or at rest standing nobly and sedately, he is also gaining a considerable reputation for his discerning portraits, often with an unusual twist, and always with an awareness of the sitter’s psychological individuality.

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His subject matter spans quite a broad scope to include sea/landscape, interiors and still life. In fact he candidly admits that he is propelled by his desire to paint the “perfect painting”.

While not an impressionist per se, Stephen Doyle certainly possesses a sensorial approach to picture making … he is seeking to capture the effect and feeling of light on form, to only include the necessary details required to convey the actuality of the subject and the atmosphere engulfing it, as opposed to being scientifically accurate in a copyist’s manner.