About
Stephen is a perfectionist who strives to excel at whatever he attempts.
As well as attending the Banff School of Fine Arts, he has a BA from the University of Guelph where he majored in Drama with minors in Fine Art and Psychology.
His formal art training and early work was focused on black and white portraits and figure drawing using charcoal, pencil and ink mediums.
After university he worked as an actor in summer stock theatre. Shortly afterwards, he signed with a Toronto model agency and a year later with a Personal Manger. This led to a decade long modelling career, working in Toronto, Montreal, Chicago, New York, Miami, and Vancouver. In addition to print work, he is an ACTRA member and has appeared in numerous television commercials.
Art was always a part of Stephen's life, but he became serious about painting in the 1990's inspired primarily by Andy Warhol and Vancouver artist Joe Average. It was during this time that Stephen's style changed dramatically from his charcoal and pencil works to the large, colourful, and graphic canvases that he is now known for. He continues to explore and develop this style.
Stephen lives and works out of his loft apartment close to English Bay in Vancouver's West End.