Steve was born in Bury, North Manchester in 1973 with his artistic finesse being highly visible to his family and peers from an early age. Although he briefly studied art at Bury College, he is essentially a self-taught artist honing in and mastering his skills over the years through trial and error until he developed his own individual and captivating style. He draws his influences from some of the greats such as Andy Warhol, David Hockney, Salvador Dali, Claude Monet, David Shepherd and J.M.H Turner.