Steve Hurst grew up on the south side of Chicago.  A former saxophonist and singer, he moved to New York City and eventually to the Bay Area of California. He has freelanced as a graphic designer, photographer, and illustrator for over 30 years.

Steve is a painter and craftsman and has had one-man shows in Illinois, New York, Massachusetts, Ohio, and California. He now resides in Point Richmond, California. Locally renowned, he was the first featured artist on the Richmond Arts & Culture Commission website and in the West County Times newspaper Artist of the Month section. More recently, Steve‘s clocks have been featured in the San Francisco Chronicle, the Richmond Globe newspaper, Diablo Magazine and Bay Crossings newspaper. He is active in volunteering his time and creativity to the community.

Celebrity owners of Steve‘s designer clocks include Magic Johnson (a gift from the City of Richmond) and Oprah Winfrey (a personal gift to her). A commissioned piece of his is on permanent display in the City Hall in Shimada, Japan. Steve is a past Commissioner for the Richmond Arts and Culture Commission, and former board member of the Richmond Art Center.

In 1990, Steve made his first clock out of a bookend he‘d had for 18 years. A year later, hit hard by the recession in New York, he created his first series of clocks. His first at-home show yielded almost $2,000 in 2 days. He has, since, cultivated a unique niche of designs that run the gamut from simple geometric to complex shapes, using several layers and an astonishing array of colorful textures and finishes. His latest endeavor incorporates color-changing LEDs to create his “Meditation Series.” His goal is to use as many recycled materials as possible to create beautiful works of art that people enjoy looking at, whether to tell the time, or simply as eye candy. Steve has transformed clocks from mundane to outrageous using recycled parts from computers, tools, a powered stereo antenna, a calculator, jewelry and more. In a world where time is so important, Steve believes a timekeeper should be prominent and a thing of beauty.