Bman's Blues Report

On a dual path from the start, having been raised around music making in the heartland and drawing since he could hold a pencil, there was never a question in Steve’s mind that he was meant to be an artist of both visual and musical mediums. An early foundation in classical western music, taught by the ear training method known as Suzuki, combined with Steve’s rebellious nature, led him to seek out the possibilities of improvisation in blues and jazz once he switched to guitar. This concept of improvisation directly influenced his art making approach as he focused on the possibilities through ceramic sculpture and drawings during his undergraduate and graduate experience. Each work is an attempt at accessing a mindset beyond uncertainty and doubt, free of all presumptions and expectations, while becoming a conduit for the creative spirit. Most recently Steve has been working on sizeable collage creations, “Geoscapes,” that owe much of their inspiration to the whimsical scenes from arti...