Stephen was born in Verdun, France.  He spent his younger years moving with his family to Germany, Italy and Puerto Rico.  Later he relocated to the United States and has lived in a variety of places from California to New York, Florida to Mississippi and now Pennsylvania.  Through his travels, Stephen developed a deep appreciation for the outdoors and nature. 

Stephen paints what moves him.   An inspirational setting is key in the creation process. The light on a meadow, a sunlit tree against a sky, the colors in a shadow & the vibration between two colors are jewels of inspiration that are necessary in his landscapes and seascapes.  A simple moment in time inspires him to capture nature's amazing palette.  Palette knives and various size brushes are the tools of which he builds the surface of each piece, mixing the paints while finding that perfect color or colors placed next to each other.  Each painting takes on a mind of it’s own as he discovers wonderful surprises within every painting as it reveals itself. 

Stephen graduated from Millersville University in 1987 with a Bachelors of Fine Art degree in painting and figure drawing.  He was featured in Philadelphia Style Magazine and has received numerous honors for his talents. Stephen's paintings reside in homes and businesses from California, Florida, and throughout the northeast and Europe. He exhibits extensively at outdoor art shows in the northeast, midwest, the eastern seaboard  as well as galleries in Pennsylvania and Delaware.