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Sedona in Blue 36 x 48
Amaryllis 2 24 x 24
Adobe Elder 14 x 10
Bear and Raven 40 x 30
Ancient Light 24 x 36
Battle Scarred 24 x 36 Acrylic
Acroma's Treasure 24 x 36
A Quiet Place 12 x 12
Aaron Lungu 36 x 24
Broken Light 24 x 36
Buffalo Shadows 30 x 40
Coffee Pot with Apples 20 x 20
Country Chapel 16 x 12
Ginger Jar in Blue
House on Old Pecos Trail 22 x 28
Artwork.
Steve grew up in Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle and developed a love for art early in life. It was always his favorite subject at school. While a high school student at Amarillo, he received a four-year, full-tuition scholarship from Scholastic Magazines to study art at the University of Tulsa. Graduating with a fine arts degree, he worked as a graphic artist in Oklahoma City for two years and then moved to Africa.
In Zambia, he taught English and typing at a theological seminary while helping with graphics at a publishing house in Lusaka. After two years, he returned to his previous employer in Oklahoma for a couple of years before moving to Texas to pursue a theological degree. Following graduation, he returned to Oklahoma and served as an associate pastor for 14 years and then 22 years as communications director for a non-profit that provides care for orphans and at-risk children.
Through all of these jobs, Steve continued to produce art and was represented by galleries in Santa Fe, New Mexico; Sedona, Arizona; and Oklahoma City. He also participated in art festivals. He now enjoys being a full-time artist.
Meet Steve
About the Art
Most of my paintings are acrylic on canvas. The way I apply the paint varies from painting to painting. Sometimes paintings are made up of small dots of color, somewhat like the pointillism of Georges Seurat. Sometimes I use dashes, swirls, or woven lines.
I like many types of painting, from transparent watercolor to impasto oils. But for some reason, I keep going back to small strokes and broken colors. I usually place only two or three colors on the palette at a time. I may paint a whole afternoon with only one color, letting the closeness, size, and pattern of the strokes create depth and volume. Transparent glazes intensify shadows or highlights.
The technique of broken color, placing small stokes of different colors alongside each other, allows the viewer’s eye to mix them. The viewer becomes part of the experience.
A big influence in my art has been poor eyesight. It runs in the family and is not correctable with glasses or surgery. Seeing things differently than most people can be a hindrance for an artist, but the resulting art can help others see things in a new way.
You may need to stand back for your eyes to mix the colors or make sense of my paintings. As in life, things that seem to be chaotic or random may be part of a bigger picture. It just takes a little distance to see it.