Name: Steph
Age: 27
Location: Orlando, Florida USA
Inspirations: “People watching,” sending and receiving mail, sunny days with a cool breeze, playing with my dogs, collecting Pez dispensers, anything colorful or rainbow-patterned, browsing art online, space exploration, The Muppets, weird science, Dia de los Muertos and other cultural celebrations and traditions having to do with death, learning new things, making people smile and laugh, and trying to come up with ways to save the world!

A little bit more about me: I was born in Rhode Island, but left at a young age and so I only remember it as a place with lots of relatives and really awesome ice cream! I like to say that I‘ve been drawing and creating ever since I was old enough to pick up a crayon (one of those big fat ones they gave us to use in kindergarten, remember?) Its probably true! As a kid, I took a few awards with my artwork, and sometimes I even manage to achieve a few cool things now that I’m a big kid, too! (See below!)

Nobody in my family knows quite where my
love of art came from, but my love of creating
handmade things came from my Grandmother,
who was an amazing quilter, fantastic with
plastic canvas, a super seamstress, and the
person who taught me how to make something from nothing, or take something old and turn it into something new!

I’m a self-taught artist, always looking to expand my horizons and try out new forms of artwork. I have been a street painter (competitive sidewalk chalk artist) since 2001, and most recently have begun to learn the art of cake decorating. I always hope that others enjoy my works of art and craft as much as I enjoy creating them. I love seeing smiling faces in response to my artistic efforts!

My Favorite Artists: All of the amazing people listed on my links page, as well as Frida Kahlo, Craig McCracken, M.C. Escher, Glen Keane, and many more!

Awards I’ve received for my artwork:

First Place in Best Reproduction of a European Masterpiece at the Festival of the Masters chalk art show in Downtown Disney, November of 2009

Second Place in Wildlife/Sea life category at the Festival of the Masters chalk art show in Downtown Disney, November of 2006

President’s Award Honorable Mention at the 10^th Annual Rotaryfest Orlando Street Painting Festival, February of 2004

  

My art has been seen in action at these events/locations:

Rotaryfest Orlando Street Painting Festival - Orange County Courthouse, and also at Lake Eola
(Annual shows, participated 2001-2009)

Festival of the Masters sidewalk chalk art - Downtown Disney
(Annual shows, participated 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009)

Downtown Haines City streetpainting festival, 2009

My art is currently displayed at:

Tijuana Flats in Lake Nona (Radioactive Mutant Fish on ceiling tile)

My art has also been displayed at:

Tijuana Flats on Orange Blossom Trail in Orlando (Space girl painted on a ceiling tile above the registers - location now closed)

The Cameo Theater
Colonial Ave. Orlando
("La Sirena Muerta" skeleton mermaid painting)

You can see my art online at:

deviantART - username: webmyrcury

My website for my original characters - No Reason Realm - Where you can find out who Myrcury is!

Thanks for reading!! :D