Painter, teacher and administrator, full name John Patric Leslie Stevenson, born in Wadhurst, Sussex, but educated in Belfast, where he attended the School of Art, 1926–8, under Samuel Taylor, then went to Slade School of Fine Art with Randolph Schwabe. Taught adult education classes in Tring, Hertfordshire, 1946–50, then returned to Northern Ireland, becoming director of the Hillsborough Art Centre which opened in 1971 but had to close because of the troubles. Stevenson was also secretary-administrator of RUA, then its president, having become a full member in 1959. Also showed at RHA, at 55a Donegall Place in Belfast. RI and elsewhere. HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, Ulster Museum and Waterford’s public gallery hold examples.