Stephen Mead is a published artist/writer living in northeastern NY. As an artist he is self-taught, yet has been heavily influenced by both surrealism and expressionism. In the early 1990's he was published in several little literary magazines, but stopped to pursue visual work. It was in the year 2001 that he began seeking publication again. On the web, both his writing and his artwork have been showcased internationally. Presently scars.tv has several title pieces of his e books archived in their art pages at cc & d magazine. These works incorporate both image and text, as does his e book "We Are More Than Our Wounds". Currently films of his piece "Blue Heart Diary" can be viewed online.