Artist Steven Wardlow

Steven Wardlow, a Navy veteran and native of Omaha, Nebraska, began painting at age three. A loner growing up, Wardlow often skipped school to spend the day analyzing the works of the Old Masters in an Omaha art museum. Although he has no formal art training, he has the rare talent of being able to paint anything he sees. He can work in any medium, and spent years teaching himself the Old Masters' techniques, learning to work from dark to light.

Steven Wardlow served on an aircraft carrier in the Navy, and worked as an illustrator for Armed Forces Radio and Television. He is featured receiving an artistic award in the December 2000 issue of VAnguard magazine on page 9.

Throughout his life, Wardlow has found inner strength and focus through his art. His prize-winning works range from portraits to animals, nudes to still lifes. Someday he'd like to try sculpting marble. "Art," says Wardlow, "is poetry waiting to be spoken."

Wardlow is currently available for commissioned pieces, including portraits.