Biography
Steve Rushton studied art at Kingston Polytechnic, exhibited regularly in England during the 1980s, studied art history at The Courtauld Institute and Birkbeck in the 1990s, and became an art and design history lecturer and arts curriculum area leader. He returned to art and started writing poetry in 2004, exhibiting regularly in London. His first chapbook collection Burning a Paper Plate—Towards a New Art was published by erbacce-press in 2015. His poetry has been published in Romania, Poland and England. A poetry single Sweet Sex Education Teacher from Chichester was published by Not Your Average Type in 2012.
Samples
1.1 (revelation) I used to paint with paint, Now I paint with food, See infinity In powdered turmeric Or a soy sauce stain, A splash of red wine Or Linghams 100% chilli sauce, “A mild piquant relish And appetizer of delightful flavour” Though problematic drying time. I use the mess of life And make it messier, Burn to bring out Individual qualities Of various dried fluids But working with these remnants Am I negotiating Yet another novel strategy Or is there a chance To see beyond artifice, Before habit Closes the door Again? from the chapbook Burning a Paper Plate— Towards a New Art published by erbacce-press 2015
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