Steve's Background 

    I was born and raised in Irving, Texas and have been painting since I was a young child. I have been influenced in many ways from my travels across America when I was younger, and visiting parts of Asia, Africa and many Mediterranean countries while serving in the United States Marine Corps. I was raised in a creative environment, surrounded by family who encouraged me to "Make Stuff" 

Both my Grandfathers worked with there hands and I would spent many hours working in workshops, building and creating in wood. My Grandmother sparked the interest in Art for me, taking my sisters and I to many museums. The impressions left by the Western Artists, Russell and Remington, at the Cowboy Hall of Fame Museum, are forever imprinted on my mind. She put my two sisters and I in art classes very early where I got my first start with oil painting in the 5th grade. I have basically been painting ever since

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    At the age of 19, I went into the United States Marine Corp from 1987 to 1991. I spent two years in the Philippines and that experience has been the single most influential thing in my life. I travelled to Africa and spent sometime in the Mediterranean Countries. I have been in martial arts for most of my 20’s and 30’s receiving two different Black Belts in two separate styles. The most Coveted one from the Art of Kung Fu San Soo, of which I was also certified and had the privilege to teach for a short while.

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