Born in Berkeley, California on December 21, 1949, he was raised in a home that had a sweeping view of the San Francisco Bay. This scene kindled his interest in landscape and was one of his earliest drawing subjects. He had his first one man show when he was sixteen.

Steve studied at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and for one year at Hornsey College of Art in London, where he concentrated on sculpture. It was at Santa Cruz, in 1969, that Steve was first introduced to etching. Since he received his BFA from UCSC in 1975, he has focused on creating aquatint etchings of wilderness landscapes, drawn freehand from photographs he takes.

His search for interesting images has taken all over California, the American West, and to remote regions of Finland, Australia, New Zealand, and Nepal.

From 1975 to 1979, he worked at Graphic Arts Workshop in San Francisco. For most of the years from 1979 to 1992, he was an artist in residence at Kala Institute in Berkeley, where he taught classes in printmaking and wrote three technical articles about aquatint etching. In 1992 he moved to Petaluma, California, where he created scores of images of the landscape.  In 2005 he moved his studio to Bellingham, Washington where he currently resides and works.

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Winter Oaks, Aquatint Etching $800.00	Alder Creek 4-plate edition $650.00	Oak Grove, 4 plate edition $500.00	Oak Grove, 1 plate edition, Aquatint Etching $250.00
January Snow, Aquatint Etching $180.00	Oak Woodland, 1 plate edition, Aquatint Etching $250.00	Russian River, Aquatint Etching $350.00	Pacific Light, Aquatint Etching $300.00
Early Light, Aquatint Etching $50.00	Hillside Barn, Aquatint Etching $300.00	Oregon Coast, Aquatint Etching $80.00	Mountain Light, Aquatint Etching $350.00
Grand Canal, Aquatint Etching $450.00	Ancient Ruins, Aquatint Etching $250.00	Early Spring #2, Aquatint Etching $450.00	River's End, Aquatint Etching $250.00
North Cascades, Aquatint Etching $220.00	Neigh Sayer, Aquatint Etching $140.00	Desert Falls, Aquatint Etching $350.00	Mmmmmooooo, Aquatint Etching $140.00
Little Pete Meadow, Aquatint Etching $250.00	Clearing Storm, Aquatint Etching $60.00	Alder Creek, Aquatint Etching $250.00	Snow Bird, Aquatint Etching $250.00
Wind on the Water, Aquatint Etching $220.00	Point Lobos Path, Aquatint Etching $450.00	Still Water, Aquatint Etching $160.00	Windward Passage, Aquatint Etching $140.00
Shadow Creek, Aquatint Etching $450.00	Summer Shade $300.00	Snow Patterns, Aquatint Etching $100.00	Oaks in Fog $180.00
Diablo Lake $180.00