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Stephen views painting as a journey rather than a destination, and improvement is only realized by painting, and more painting. Artists reach various plateau levels with their skills. Sometimes a plateau is occupied for months or years before honing the ability to move to the next higher plateau.

I’m attracted to moose, elk and bear but lately I’ve begun to paint some birds and I’m enjoying discovering how a bird is put together. Non-artists don’t always realize the artist must look at every inch of an animal to put legs, ears and eyes in their proper places to make the animal look anatomically correct.

“Painting my chosen subjects allows me to spend time again with those animals. Often it takes me back to the autumn colors (my favorite season) and further allows me to share time with animals for the weeks it takes me to complete a painting.”

The whole process from gathering painting reference material to drawing the compositions to the final paintings are finding a rhythm in Stephen’s life and these days he’s where he should be at this moment in life.

Stephen’s new work continues to be represented by Artique, Ltd. in Anchorage, Alaska and by New Horizons Gallery in Fairbanks, Alaska. Besides these galleries, you can also see new paintings every November at the Collectors Covey Gallery’s Miniature Show in Dallas, Texas or online.

Stephen does one workshop annually and he is a member of Artists For Conservation (formerly Worldwide Nature Artists Group).