Stephen Wiltshire is a famous artist. His drawings —often drawn from memory and at great speed—are sketched(素描) on the spot at street level.

Stephen, who was born in London in 1974, didn't say a word as a small child，and found it hard to relate to other people. At the age of five, Stephen was sent to Queensmill School，London, where it soon became apparent that he communicated through the language of drawing. His teachers encouraged him to speak by taking away his art materials for a short time；eventually he said his first words—"paper" and "pencil"—but didn't learn to speak fully until the age of nine.

Stephen loved drawing and he was seldom to be found without pen and paper. Once he took part in art competitions, news of his great talent began to spread. Early fans included the late Prime Minister Edward Heath who bought his drawing of Salisbury Cathedral，made when Stephen was just eight.

But Stephen came to wider public attention when the BBC featured him in the programme,The Foolish Wise Ones in 1987, when he was introduced by Sir Hugh Casson(a past president of the Royal Academy), as "the best child artist in Britain".

After that, Stephen's reputation grew worldwide. A second BBC documentary in 2001 showed Stephen flying over London in a helicopter and later completing a detailed drawing of London within three hours, which included 12 historic landmarks(地标性建筑)and 200 other structures.

In 2006 Stephen was recognised for his services to the art world, when he was made a member of the Order of the British Empire. Today wherever Stephen goes, people are attracted by his outstanding talent.