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Born in the Thousand Island region of upstate New York, Steve grew up with changing seasons and a childhood filled with many memories of playing in fields, ponds and woods that were home to all kinds of birds and animals. It is this familiarity with animals and his life-long ambition to be an artist that convinced him to leave his vocation, nine years ago, and begin a new, very enjoyable and rewarding career as a wildlife and nature artist. Although self taught, he is very proficient with several mediums and techniques, although he does prefer acrylics, ink and colored pencils. |
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Steve's wildlife artwork is based on his passion and for all living things and his multitude of experiences he has enjoyed through his many travels, which has taken him all over the United States. During these trips, sketches are made, photographs are taken, information is written down and every opportunity is exploited to observe and understand as much of the wildlife in each of the places he visits. Recent travels have taken him to California, Colorado, Arizona, Utah, Wyoming, Montana, Nevada, Florida, and Alaska. Since making his career change in 1995, Steve's artwork has received much recognition and has won numerous awards and honors. Some of the more notable accomplishments are: *
2008 – January –
North Carolina Duck Stamp Competition
- “Third Place” for an acrylic painting of Snow Geese
in corn stubble. There were 50 entries from 27 states and 2 other
countries.
*2007 – May - Somerset County
Wildlife Art Show
- Basking Ridge, NJ *2007 – April - Maryland Black
Bear Stamp
* 2006 – Somerset County Wildlife Art Show in Basking Ridge, NJ – Steve’s acrylic painting "Walking in the Shadow", a long, horizontal landscape of Denali mountain in Alaska, was selected to win the Best of Show award. Steve’s smaller mixed media painting of a scarlet ibis won a third place also. *2006 – 7th Biennial Kentucky
National Wildlife Art Exhibit
– Henderson, KY
* 2005 – August - Lansdale Festival of the Arts Show in Lansdale, PA - Steve's mixed media painting, "A Quiet Place to Rest" won him the Best of Show award. This same painting won the first place ribbon for painting, in May, at the Somerset County Wildlife Art Show in Basking Ridge, NJ. *2005 – The Society of Animal Artists' 44th Annual Art and the Animal Exhibition - Steve's painting of a wolverine, "If Looks Could Kill" received one of the 6 Awards of Excellence at the opening of this very prestigious touring show, held at the Hiram Blauvelt Museum in Oradell, New Jersey. This mixed media painting will tour with selected other pieces from the show until April 2006, stopping in such places as the Lakeview Museum of Arts and Sciences in Peoria, IL, Sun Cities Museum of Art in Surprise, AZ, Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History in Norman, OK, University of Nebraska State Museumin Lincoln, NE, and The Art Institute at Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum in Tuscon, AZ. Steve is a signature member of this worldwide wildlife artist's organization. * 2004 - Steve's painting of a wolverine, "If Looks Could Kill" received one of the 6 Awards of Excellence at the Society of Animal Artists' 44th Annual Art and the Animal Exhibition held at the Hiram Blauvelt Museum in Oradell, New Jersey. This mixed media painting will tour with selected other pieces from the show until April 2006, stopping in such places as the Lakeview Museum of Arts and Sciences in Peoria, IL, Sun Cities Museum of Art in Surprise, AZ, Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History in Norman, OK, University of Nebraska State Museumin Lincoln, NE, and The Art Institute at Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum in Tuscon, AZ. Steve is a signature member of this worldwide wildlife artist's organization. * 2004 – 6th Biennial Kentucky National Wildlife Art Exhibit – Henderson, KY - Two of Steve's paintings, "At the Meadow's Edge" and "Autumn Rivalry", were included in this well respected wildlife art exhibit in Henderson, Kentucky. Steve's painting of a tree and three deer, "At the Meadow;s Edge", was selected for one of the top 5 awards in this show. * 2004 - Art for the Parks - This year, two of Steve's
paintings were juried into this very respected show. A painting
of a grizzly bear in Denali National Park, "Just
Out of Sight" was selected into the Top 100, and a bison
piece depicting Yellowstone National Park, "Out
of the Morning Mist", made it into the Second 100. Created
by the National Park Academy of the Arts, this prestigious show
begins its national tour in Jackson, Wyoming and continues to
travel to museums throughout the country until late 2005.
* 2004 Art of the Animal Kingdom IX - Steve’s painting, “Feeding Spoonbills”, was selected to be included in at the Bennington Center for the Arts annual exhibit in Bennington, Vermont. This painting was also selected as part of Birds in Art - 2003, a very prestigious exhibit at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Museum in Wausau, Wisconsin. To see more images or information about commission work, please contact Steve via email or by phone. |
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