STEVEN GEORGE FAIR

SCULPTOR

Steven was born in Roseburg Oregon in 1950. The South Umpqua River in the famous 100 valleys of the Umpqua laid about 50 feet west and 28 feet straight down from the house built by his father in 1946. It was that settting and a 60 acre island known as Elk's Island in the middle of the river that began to form a love of animals and nature that can only be describes as awe inpiring.

In 1978, following the lead of ancestors who entered Kentucky in 1774, returning to fight the revolution of 1776 in their homeland of Virginia, Steven fled to the last frontier; Alaska. While working for Fish and Wildlife in the Kenia Mountains Steven discovered a shed moose antler which looked like a Northern Pike. With pocket knife and stone hammer the antler, which already looked like a fish, gained a fin, an eye, and gill plate. Time led to carving Wildlif Sculptures in the canvas of an entire moose antler palm or other suitable antler or horn.

Steven was honored in 1984 with the "Best Native Style Carver" award for the State of Alaska. And in 1986 a carving titled "Morning Thunder" won the First lace in the Allied Juried Art Show. Through the time honored system of the jury,  Steven competed and obtained his Master Carvers status in competition in the Northwest.

Steven shows his work extensively throughout the western half of the U.S. in fine Art Shows like WHAA Great Falls Montana, Heritage Wildlife Show Minneapolis Minn., Santa Fe Indian Market, Santa Fe New Mexico, Ellensburg Western arts Show Washington, Ridpath Western Art Show Spokane Washington, Oldfield's Celebration of Western and Wildlife Art  Show and others in Texas, Arizona, California, and Oregon.  He has won many awards including Artist Choice, Best of Show Bronze, People's Choice, and the Kinney Family Wildlife Award. His Quick Draw at the Western Heritage Show in Great Falls brought the highest bid in 1994. Wind Things Int'l featured two bronzes, "Tundra Master" and "Six by Six" in the 1996 Fall Originals Catalog, the 1997 featured bronze was "Royal Entrance", a 1/5 lifesize Royal Mountain Elk. For 1998 Wild Things featured "Whitetail Crossing" in the originals cataog. "Testing the Wind" a polar bear was in the 1997 yearly outdoor exhibit for Wenachee Washington. "Mountain Griz" was on exhibit at the Lewis and Clark Center in Great Falls Montana in 1998.

Steven, wife Lori, and son Jeremiah are currently finishing a shop/studio which will serve as an apartment while Steven works toward building and finishing a log home with 20" diameter cedar logs Northwest of Sandy Oregon on a beach near the confluence of the Sandy and Bull Run Rivers. This location is at the Western base of 12,000 foot Mt. Hood where Elks bugle in September and the Canada Geese call every morning as they fly to morning feeding and return for evening rest.