Introduction
Steven J. White, always drawing, always looking, a restless adventurer is a self taught artist. His traditional landscapes of Pennsylvania farms and woodlands, Schuylkill River Heritage areas and the Adirondack Mountains have awarded him with regional and national recognition.

Artist Background
Steven J. White was born in Chincoteague, Virginia and grew up in northern New Jersey. Steven graduated from Lyndhurst High School in 1970. Shortly after, he entered the military and served four years in the US Air Force.

In 1985, Steven began experimenting in watercolor. In 1986 his first painting, a seascape, was juried in at the Ridgewood Art Institute 6th Regional Open Jury Show in Ridgewood, New Jersey. The following year another watercolor was accepted into the show.

Accomplishments and Major Awards
Steven moved to Honesdale, Pennsylvania in 1987. He began a new body of work centered around the rural towns, roads, fields, and wildlife. His ability to capture the beauty of nature was quickly recognized and his paintings were accepted into more prominent shows on a national level. In 1992 his painting, "The Iron Landscape", gave him national recognition in The Artist's Magazine as a finalist in its annual competition. Later that same year his painting, "The Burn Barrel", won several awards including first prize for watercolor at the Ridgewood Art Institute. In 1994 the painting, "Guardians", was successfully juried into the prestigious Pennsylvania Watercolor Society's annual show. His painting, "Lair", was accepted the following year which earned him signature membership. "Lair" also won an award earlier that year in the annual art exhibition held by the Salmagundi Club in New York City, the oldest professional art organization in America. In 1997 his painting, "The Viewing", was juried into the Adirondacks National Exhibition of American Watercolors.

Steven was selected again as a finalist in the Landscape category of The Artist Magazine's Annual Art Competition in 2000, 2003 and 2009.

He gained more success earning the Allied Artists of America Award at the Salmagundi Club 24th Annual Juried Art Exhibition for Non-Members and the Trails and Streams Medallion at the Adirondacks National Exhibition of American Watercolors 2001, both for his painting titled "Saturday Morning". His painting "In For The Winter" received the Edgar A. Thronson Award sponsored by Hardcastle Gallery in October 2003. In March 2004 he was awarded Best of Show at the Perkiomen Valley Art Centers' 42nd Annual Membership Exhibition for his painting "Sweet Corn". He was presented with the Violet Oakley Award in May 2004 at the Side by Side Exhibition a joint show held by the National Watercolor Society and the Philadelphia Water Color Society for his painting “Where The Heart Is”. He was awarded The Ruth G. Rosenau Silver Medallion for his painting “Keyser Mill” at The Adirondacks National Exhibition of American Watercolors 2004. In 2004 and 2005 he was awarded the Edgar A. Thronson Award and in 2006 the Schoonover Studios Ltd. Award at the Annual Evening & Afternoon of Fine Art sponsored by Hardcastle Gallery in Delaware.

His paintings have been featured on the cover of the Montgomery County Town & Country Magazine and the Equine Marketer and in the April 2004 issue of American Artist. His painting “Saturday Morning” has been published by North Light Books in Splash 7: The Qualities of Light. "Nice Catch" was selected for Scenes of The Schuylkil Calendar.

Exhibitions
Steven has held solo exhibitions at The Hardcastle Gallery, Delaware, The Looking Glass Gallery, Hawley, The Radcliffe Gallery, New Hope,The Living Light Gallery, Lancaster, and The Blue Willow Design Gallery, Blue Bell. He has participated in “two man” exhibitions sponsored by The Arts Guild of Old Forge and the Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts in NY, as well as a number of group exhibitions including The Chaddsford Gallery, The Goggleworks, The Torpedo Factory, The Reading Public Museum, Immaculata College, Berman Museum of Art, Yellow Springs Art Show, The Audubon Center at Mill Grove and at The Phillips Mill.

Associations
Pennsylvania Watercolor Society, Signature Member
Philadelphia Watercolor Society, Signature Member
Oil Painters Society of America

Artist Statement
I am a self-taught artist. My paintings are primarily landscapes done in oil or transparent watercolor. I have always been emotionally drawn to render scenes and events where I live. My attachment to the outdoors motivates me to record scenes on paper as a way to preserve what I see disappearing. I feel that you don't have to go much further than your own back yard to find inspiration and subject matter. I believe that before an artist can paint he needs to learn how to see! An artist's gift is his ability to see something special in an otherwise ordinary scene and with absence of elegance dares to repeat nature in all its intricate simplicity.