Steve Snell wants adventure, or at least the image of one. He recently paddled and painted all 2,341 miles of the Missouri River in a canoe in search of art and once floated part of the Connecticut River in a couch boat in search of adventure. Snell’s work engages American history, mythology, and the image of the Western landscape. He has been an Artist-in-Residence at the Tallgrass National Preserve in Kansas, the Teton ArtLab in Wyoming, and along the Chilkoot Trail in Alaska and British Columbia, which was sponsored by the National Parks Service and Parks Canada.

Snell's work is represented by Weinberger Fine Art in Kansas City, Missouri, Courtney Collins Fine Art in Big Sky, Montana, Momentum Gallery in Asheville, North Carolina, and Mountain Galleries in Canada. Steve earned his M.F.A. in Studio Art from the University of Massachusetts Amherst as well as a B.F.A. in Painting and B.S. in Art Education from Miami University. He is currently an Associate Professor of Art and the Sosland Family Chair of Foundation Studies at the Kansas City Art Institute.

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Contact: snellsj[at]gmail.com

 

 

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