Scott Steele
Scott Steele was born in Niagara on the Lake, Ontario, Canada, in 1966.
Scott attended Graphic Design at George Brown College in Toronto briefly, but left to pursue a modeling career that allowed him to live in Europe and Asia. It was during that time period that his artistic spark was ignited.
Upon leaving the fashion industry, Scott attended the International Academy of Merchandising and Design for Interior Design. He graduated with his diploma and started Petersiel Steele Design with his future wife, Judy Petersiel.
As his interest in art progressed, Scott, a self-educated artist, began to paint full time in the photo realistic genre. Canadian artists that strongly influenced Scott include Alex Colville and Christopher Pratt. Scott’s works are widely sought after, and sold all over the world. Further down the road, Scott began to experiment in a more Abstract Expressionistic style, inspired by his love of Northern Ontario.
Scott has been represented in galleries in Toronto, New York, San Francisco and Whistler and is in private and corporate collections all over the world.
Scott lives and works in Toronto, and believes his best works of art are his two children, Zoë and Noah.
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“I paint in two distinctive styles,” says self-taught artist Scott Steele. “The first style is photorealism, inspired by architectural street scenes and details that interest me. This was the first type of painting I became involved with, and was inspired by the time I spent traveling. I love urban architecture and life, and wanted to capture the beauty I saw.” This love of travel—and the landscape that surrounds him in Northern Ontario—led Steele to his second style, abstract landscapes. “I try to capture the light, mood and feeling of different times of days and the different seasons in Ontario,” he says. “I feel fortunate to have made my living as an artist over the past 20 years, and my goals would be to keep exploring the landscapes around me and express them in paintings.”
Art Business News Spring Issue 2012: Top 50 Emerging Artists.
