Travel Journals
As a regular visitor to Australia's remote and spectacular natural and cultural landscapes, Steve has kept traveler’s journal/sketchbooks featuring the wilds of Australia and the diverse characters and places that he has met and experienced.
These experiences and visual records are the basis of his paintings.
A constant companion on Steve’s journeys throughout Australia, his travel diaries never cease to amaze him with their capacity to transport him back to a place.
The words and sketches are recorded quickly as observations of landscape, logic, color and feel, and when Steve re-reads them that evening they seem somewhat so-so. But in the studio, weeks, months or even years later they evoke a strong sense of place. Evocative, visual and emotional memories.
These experiences and visual records are the basis of his paintings.
A constant companion on Steve’s journeys throughout Australia, his travel diaries never cease to amaze him with their capacity to transport him back to a place.
The words and sketches are recorded quickly as observations of landscape, logic, color and feel, and when Steve re-reads them that evening they seem somewhat so-so. But in the studio, weeks, months or even years later they evoke a strong sense of place. Evocative, visual and emotional memories.