Carole Steyn (née Moss) (born 1938, in Manchester) is a British abstract and figurative painter, sculptor, pastellist and ceramicist who works with a wide range of materials and lives in London.
[8] Steyn's early abstract relief work used organic materials such as eggs, nuts and seeds to create seabed effects which reflected her interest in the emotive power of the sea.
A favourite of Drain Galleries during the 1970s and 1980s, Steyn's solo exhibitions included works using the medium of nylon bonded clay to produce rippling floriform shapes which conveyed the force of growth and the dynamic, swirling movements of water.
[10] Steyn exhibited multiple styles of sculpture and relief for her 1981 solo show at the Drian which celebrated themes centred around nature, life and death.
Her accompanying manifesto included the following statements: "living art is a struggle between formal perfection and creative emotion" and "my only security is the knowledge that sometimes I may be able to make something beautiful".