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.
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