Four of Steve's Santa-themed artworks are online at Kohl's for the 2016 Christmas season. Follow the links below to view and purchase holiday art that brings joy to the season, and beyond.
Little Angel Bright -- http://bit.ly/2daunnr
Christmas Story -- http://bit.ly/2ctoxfT
For the last 34 years, regional artists in the Pacific Northwest have gathered for the Wallowa Valley Festival of Arts, a showcase of the area's top two- and three- dimensional representational art. Steve is honored to have served as judge and juror for the 2016 festival.
Sometimes referred to as the Swiss Alps of the Pacific Northwest, the Wallowa Mountains feature 31 peaks that rise above 9,000 feet, and the area is a popular destination for hikers and tourists, many of whom spend time enjoying Wallowa Lake 1 mile outside of Joseph, OR. The area is timeless, beautiful, and haunting for its history: the lake and its surrounding areas were for centuries the summer camping ground of the Nez Perce Indians, the last of whom were driven from the area in 1877, when Chief Joseph led 750 women, children, and men on a desperate flight to Canada, seeking refuge. They were stopped 40 miles from the border by the pursuing U.S. Army, and forcibly transported to reservations in Oklahoma.
Steve recommends the book, The Nez Perce Indians and the Opening of the Northwest, by Alvin Josephy, as an excellent read on this topic.
The image above is Steve's painting, The Land of Chief Joseph, which is available as an original oil painting, as well as a licensed print in various venues, including Prints.com and Great Big Canvas.
Steve is pleased to announce that GiveWrite Cards is carrying a generous selection of his images as note cards, as well as holiday Christmas cards. GiveWrite partners with a number of charitable organizations, and a portion of each card price is designated, by the purchaser, to a charity of their choice from the list. (GiveWrite welcomes suggestions for additional charitable partners, and follows up leads as they are provided).
Through the end of the year, Steve is the Featured Artist at GiveWrite
through Fine Art America, where Steve sells note cards, home accessories, wall art prints and more.
Steve created the commissioned watercolor, Firefighter, for the 2016 recruit class of the Green Valley Fire District of Green Valley, AZ. After seven grueling weeks of training, much of it done in full gear under the brutal summer Arizona sun, the class presented Steve's work to the district as a class gift. All of the recruits, who include Steve and Carolyn's daughter Sierra, are now embarking on their one-year probationary term with the district, and are each part of a four-person team.
At the induction ceremony, Steve was honored to pin the badge on one of Green Valley's newest firefighters!
(Photo credit: Kevin Faflik)
