Steve Kleier

(rhymes with inspire)
Born in Detroit Michigan in 1955 I knew at an early age I would leave the mid west. I vagabonded around the east checking out the art scene and going to music festivals in New York, Virginia, Pennsylvania and Vermont. In the end my love of wilderness adventure won out and I headed west to attend art school at Montana State University in Bozeman where I majored in painting and sculpture. A year after college I moved to Portland, Oregon where I put my art talents to work as a free lance model maker and scenic artist. I continued showing my paintings regularly at local and regional galleries and traveled to Europe and Mexico to experience art and culture. In 2002 I quit commercial art to pursue my fine art full time. I now teach at he Oregon Society of Artists where I have served on the board of directors since 2005. I have taken Grand and First Prizes in local art competitions and have been featured in other competitions including the Adirondack Exhibition of International Watercolor in Old Forge N.Y and the Pittsburg Watercolor Society National Watercolor Competition. I exhibit regularly and sell my work to a wide variety of people.

My art is motivated by the transient beauty of light and the acknowledgement that we are one with our selves, with others and with the environment. In my art I try to instill the scenes I paint with freshness and vitality, just as I strive for these qualities in my life as well.

List of works present in this website