SOME INSPIRATION, I HOPE: Stephen Wiltshire was born on April 24, 1974 in London, England to parents of West Indian heritage. His father, Colvin was a native of Barbados, and his mother, Geneva, is a native of St. Lucia. As a child Stephen experienced delays in his development. When Stephen was about three years old, he was diagnosed as autistic. When Stephen was about five, he was enrolled at Queensmill School in West London where the teaching staff first noticed his interest in drawing. Stephen took on his largest project to date in May 2005, when he returned to Tokyo to make a panoramic drawing - the largest of his career - of the city. Two months later he drew a similarly detailed picture of Rome, including the Vatican and St. Peters Cathedral, entirely from memory. In December, after a 20-minute helicopter ride, Stephen spent a week creating a 10-meter-long drawing of Hong Kongs Victoria Harbour and the surrounding urban scene. (He dedicated the work as a Christmas present to the citys residents.) Since then he added Frankfurt, Madrid, Dubai, Jerusalem and London to his collection. The last drawing in the series was of his spiritual home, New York. Further trips followed to Sydney and Shanghai in 2010. for more: stephenwiltshire.co.uk/biography.aspx
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