After growing up in Northern California and graduating with a Secondary Teaching Credential from San Jose State College, Steve worked for the next 10 years teaching troubled youth. His artistic career began in 1978 after seeing a paper mache’ figure that a friend brought back from Paris. Primarily self taught, he has honed his sculpting skills over the past twenty years while also developing a process that results in figures that are very durable, partially to fully moveable, and extremely lifelike.

Early customers included private collectors, museums and other public facilities. The museum clientele included two of the Smithsonian Museums, as well as, numerous military and aviation oriented facilities, and a large exhibit for Expo '86 in Vancouver, Canada. Look-alikes of historical figures and custom built display creations eventually gave way to his real passion of creating fun figures that have an endearing quality that leaves the viewer with a smile and perhaps a desire to make the figure a part of their family. His figures are often said to possess a “Norman Rockwell” type of charm that often sends the newly initiated searching for a camera to capture their first introduction on film.

Since 1992, Steve has concentrated more heavily on a handful of Art Galleries to gain exposure and a growing list of very satisfied customers who now own one or more of his creations. Still insisting upon doing most, if not all, of the work himself he has successfully managed to increase the number of figures produced annually without compromising their exceptional quality. From the glass eyes to the hair in the nose, his creations feature an attention to detail and a realism that is usually found only in figures costing many hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars more.

Steve and his wife Patricia live in a hilltop home on five acres of property which affords them wonderful views and an endless array of outdoor duties which they only rarely complain about doing. Whether it be gardening, cutting wood for the winter, or trying to stay one step ahead of the deer, they enjoy the out-of-doors and almost everything that entails. Steve has played golf most of his life and looks forward to the time he can play more than his busy schedule now allows. An occasional day of skiing is also pretty high on his list of great ways to spend a day when he is not in his studio creating. Surrounded by good friends and a loving wife, he looks forward to continuing to put smiles on people’s faces and some long lasting fun into a lot of people’s lives.