Steve began his career in 1963. While still in high school, he prepared artist renderings for architects. After graduating in 1965, Steve took a year of mechanical drafting at Cape Fear Technical Institute, then joined the Air Force. Assigned as staff artist for the Tactical Air Command at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia, he prepared graphic presentations and artist concepts of top secret aircraft. After reading a general's speech, Steve would have to visualize certain paragraphs, illustrate them, and photograph the illustrations into 35mm slide presentations.

On leaving the Air Force, Steve began working as Art Director for the publications department of the Medical University of South Carolina. He designed and supervised production of brochures, booklets, posters, and other printed material used by the eight colleges in the University.

He moved back to North Carolina to become Art Director for the audio-visual department at Cape Fear Technical Institute. In this position, Steve prepared slide and film presentations, including animation for teaching. Steve then transferred to the North Carolina Marine Resources Centers as Exhibit Specialist where he combined his many skills to design and build exhibits for three marine science museums. He became a certified diver and underwater photographer which helped tremendously in preparing marine life exhibits. This job required a master's degree or equivalent experience.

Steve and his wife, Carol, now operate their own art studio in Cashiers, North Carolina. Steve specializes in trompe d'loeil (fool the eye) murals. His combination of drafting and technical illustration skills, along with his experience in dioramas and murals for museums, makes this a natural transition.

Steve still does paintings of aircraft for pilots and aviation museums. After completing a painting of the TBF-Avenger that President Bush flew in World War Two, he was invited to the White House where he presented it to the president.

Steve prepared book illustrations, graphic art for advertising agencies, and is invited by underwater archæologists to prepare illustrations of underwater sites.

He has written one novel and is working on six more. He also has written fourteen children's books and in now illustrating them. A group of children's books are in various stages of production concerning character building traits. Two are now available and the other four are on the way.