"I'm not bound to any one particular 'school' but I'm influenced by several.  I start without a preplanned strategy so the outcome will depend on the subject matter in front of me, the medium I'm using (oil, pastel, or watercolor ), the play of light and shadow, and my mood at the moment".  "One of my greatest pleasures is to capture the luminous landscapes of the Hudson Valley area with strong compositional elements while on location".

   Steve studied oil painting with Hong Nian Zhang at the Woodstock School of Art;  watercolor with Richard Ochs and Eli Rosenthal,  and pastel with Shawn Dell Joyce and Anna Contes ( at WSA ).  He is an active member of the Washingtonville Art Society and the Orange County Art Federation.

  He has recently won awards for watercolor at the Orange County Day exhibit, and for pastel at a New York State competition.  Steve has exhibited at the Woodstock Art Association and the Garrison Art Center.  His works are in many private collections.

   Steve teaches with Shawn Dell Joyce with "Artists on Location",  an on-site  ( en plein air ) art class, and an after-school class at the Newburgh Jewish Community Center.  Future plans include a painting class for March-April 2006 at Museum Village in Monroe.

  "I feel that the role of an art instructor is to give the student the tools and reinforcement to develop their own personal style".