Meet the Artist
STEVE HORAN
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Leaves (left) Iroquois River (right) and Winter Haven (below)
Sold Out Limited Edition Serigraphs.  
Original image sizes  were 36 1/2" high x 26 1/2 " wide.
Now available as giclees only.  Please inquire about giclee options for size, very high resolution printing on fine art paper
or canvas,  gallery wrap canvas options, matting & framing options and  for price quotes.  For instance, 11 1/2" x 8 1/2" or
23" x 17" or 46" x 34" are all appropriately proportioned image sizes for these three works of art..
South Carolina
Acrylic Painting, 24" x 24" gallery wrap (unframed).
Giclees are also available.  
Ohio River
Acrylic Painting, 18" high x 18" wide image size.
19 3/4" x 19 3/4" in composite wood floater frame (walnut  
wood finish with gold face).
Interstate Scenic View
Acrylic Painting, 43" high x 24" wide  image size. Painted
around the edges and mounted onto 52 1/2" x  33 1/2"  blue
suede panel  with wood (natural pine) museum frame
.Also available as a giclee.
Cerro Gordo Roadside
Pastel Painting, 12" high x 24" wide image size.  18"  x 30" matted and
in  Nielsen metal specialty frame..
All artwork on this web site is for sale.
Contact: Steve Horan,  28 Elizabeth  Drive,  Bella  Vista,  AR  72714
Telephone -- 479-855-1204
Email Address-- sjhoran@cox.net

I am an abstract landscape artist.  For the last thirty years, I have produced paintings using
acrylics or pastels.  I have also produced my own limited edition silkscreen prints making
the stencils and doing the printing myself.  Much of my recent work is depiction of
nighttime scenes that are familiar to everyone: shoppers, illuminated store windows,
headlights and neon signs around strip malls.  By emphasizing what I find interesting (the
halos and glare around lights or the mysteries hiding deep within certain shadows) and
eliminating what I find boring (poles, wires, car details, the actual words on signs), I seek to
portray what it is like to drive down the nighttime streets of twenty-first century America.   I
am interested in capturing some of the spiritual impact of urban as well as rural landscapes.


STUDIO

Prior to retiring to Bella Vista, Arkansas, my studio/home was a rehabbed loft located in
the West Loop area of Chicago.  Now in contrast, I am enjoying the serenity of the woods
and landscape of Northwest Arkansas.  Here I paint, frame, and live with my wife Janet.


EDUCATION

I have an undergraduate degree from the University of Chicago.  I worked on an advanced
degree in Art History at the same University and studied in Europe on fellowship for a
summer.   My interest in art has been long-standing.  My father was a commercial artist who
did his renderings in pastels.  As a young boy, I played with his pastels and drawing tools.
That started me on my career.  In grade school, I dominated the art world by winning the
art contest three times in a row.  I am embarrassed to admit that many of the tree
indications found in my fourth grade artwork also can be found in my current work.


PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES        

After serving two years in the Army during the Viet Nam war, I became a graphic designer.  
My wife encouraged me to become a full time artist and pursue my dream, which I did.
During my art career, I have served as the treasurer of the Midwest Pastel Society and as a
juror and board member of the Wilmette Arts Guild.  During the last twenty-five years, I
have personally maintained gallery representation in New York, Chicago and in many other
cities.  In addition, agents and publishers of my limited edition serigraphs have sold
hundreds of my prints to galleries and collectors nationwide. Since moving to  Arkansas, I
have become involved with the Artists of Northwest Arkansas, The Ozark Pastel Society and
the Village Art Club in Bella Vista.  In 2006, I taught my first pastel painting class for the
Village art Club and enjoyed it immensely.  I hope to continue to teach.


PURCHASERS OF MY ARTWORK        

Some corporations that have acquired my artwork for their permanent collections include
A.C. Nielsen, AT&T, BP (Amoco Oil Company), Ford Motor Company, General Motors,
IBM, J. Walter Thompson Advertising, Marshall Fields, McDonalds, and Playboy.   In
addition, William Pei and Associates, architects selected a suite of my limited edition prints
for installation in a hotel they designed in Canberra, Australia.


JURIED EXHIBITIONS AND ONE-MAN SHOWS        

During the last twenty-five years, I have been juried into many national exhibitions and
one-man shows.  My juried exhibitions in 2001 were The One of a Kind Show in December
at the Merchandise Mart in Chicago and a group show at the Chicago Athenaeum, in
Schaumburg, Illinois, Spring, 2001, of artwork selected by jury to be in the survey book,
Art Scene Chicago 2000 by Ivy Sundell.  I was a signature member of the Midwest Pastel
Society when a Society having this name was located in the Chicago area.

Since moving to Arkansas in 2003, I have had one-man shows in the Julie Wait Design
Gallery, Rogers, Arkansas and the Keyes Gallery, Springfield, Missouri.  I have also been
juried into various local exhibitions, such as the MOAK 4 Sate Regional Show held at the
Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, Missouri.  Most recently, I am represented by the
Saferis Gallery, Bartlesville, Oklahoma.

PUBLICATIONS:   Art Scene Chicago 2000 by Ivy Sundell

REPRESENTATION:

Current:     Keyes Gallery, Springfield, MO
        
        Saferis Art Galleries, L.L.C., Bartlesville, OK

                                

Previous:  Neville-Sargent Gallery, Chicago, IL
       Fred Dorfman, Art Publisher, New York City, NY
       Greg Copeland, Inc., Publisher and Artist Representative, Newark, NJ
       Joy Horwich Gallery, Chicago, IL
       Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago, IL
       Collector’s Showroom, Chicago, IL
       Peoria Art Guild Art Rental and Sales Gallery, Peoria, IL
       Art Institute of Chicago Art Rental and Sales Gallery, Chicago, IL
       Fine Art Editions, Miami, FL

ONE-MAN SHOWS:

2007    Keyes Gallery, Springfield, MO
2006    Julie Wait Designs, Rogers, AR
1979   Neville Sargent Gallery, Evanston, IL
1974   Illinois Institute of Technology, Herman Hall, Chicago, IL
1974   Evanston Public Library, Evanston, IL
1974   Northern Indiana Art Association, Hammond, IN
1974   Illinois Arts Council, Chicago, IL

EXHIBITIONS:

2008    Pastel National Show 2008, Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS
2007    54th Annual Show of the National Society of Painters in Casein/Acrylic, NYC
2007   Art Expo Show, Boi Du Ouro Restaurant, Fayetteville, AR
2006   Vineyard Restaurant, Bentonville, AR
2006   MOAK 4 State Regional Exhibition 2006, Springfield, MO
2006   Strange Cities: the Unique and the Unusual in the Urban Landscape”, Gallery 27+, NYC
2005   Arkansas Pastel Society National Exhibition, Little Rock, AR
2005   Ozark Pastel Society Member Show, ACO, Springdale, AR
2005   ArtVisions 2005 Member  Show, Village Art Club, Bella Vista, AR
2005   Fusion Gallery, Bentonville, AR
2004   Ozark Pastel Society Member Show, Philbrook Museum, Tulsa, OK
2004   Ozark Pastel Society Member Show, Ft. Smith Art Center, Ft. Smith, AR
2004   Artists of NW Arkansas Member Show, Sager Creek Art Center, Siloam Springs, AR
2002   Contemporary Art of Chicago, The Chicago Athenaeum, Schaumburg, IL
2001   One of a Kind Show, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL
1995   9th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Midwest Pastel Society, Chicago, IL
1994   8th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Midwest Pastel Society, Chicago, IL
1993   Midwest Pastel Society Members Show, Chicago, IL
1979   Centennial Exposition, Nashville Art Center, Nashville, TN
1976   New Horizons, Chicago, IL
1976   Indiana-Illinois Bicentennial Painting Traveling Exhibition
1975   Illinois State Fair Professional Art Show, Springfield, IL
1974   50th Anniversary of the Artists’ Guild of Chicago, Chicago, IL

CORPORATE COLLECTIONS:
                                       
Allerton Hotel, Chicago, IL                        Johnson and Johnson, Racine, WI                
American Hospital Association                   Lakepoint Towers, Chicago, IL        
American Telephone and Telegraph            Marshall Field and Co., Chicago, IL
Amoco Oil                                               Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Borg-Warner                                            McDonalds Corp. Hdqtrs, Oakbrook, IL
Chicago Board of Options Exchange           Montgomery Wards
Chicago Realtors Association                      A.C. Nielson, Northbrook, IL
Chicago White Metal Company                  Peat, Marwick & Mitchell
City of Chicago, Dept. Urban Planning        William Pei & Associates, Canberra
Continental Illinois Bank                            Pillsbury
Cummins Diesel                                        Playboy
Detroit Renaissance Center                        Pullman Standard
Encyclopedia Britannica                             Schiff, Hardin & Waite
First National Bank of Glenview                 Sears
Florsheim Shoe Company                          S.E. Banking Corp., Winter Park, FL
Ford Motor Company, Atlanta                   Town & Country Bank, Newport, MN  
General Motors, Detroit, MI                      UIDC Management, Chicago, IL L                       
Gould, Oakbrook, IL                                U.S. Federal District Court, Chicago, IL
GTE of Indiana, Ft. Wayne                       U.S. Post Office, San Francisco
Holiday Inns, Duluth, MN                         University of Illinois Research Hospital
IBM, Woodstock, NY                               Liver Transplant Ward, Chicago, IL
J. Walter Thompson Advertising, NYC                                                                

EDUCATION:   University of Chicago – College and Department of Art History
               
          Awarded European Fellowship
       
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:   Artists of Northwest Arkansas
                                                   
          Ozark Pastel Society
                                                   
          Village Art Club, Bella Vista,AR
Pyramid Triptych -- SOLD
Acrylic Painting, three  gallery wrap panels.  Overall installation is 5  feet high by 9 feet wide
with no space between panels (as shown).  Available now only as a giclee
on a single canvas that can have any 5:to 9 size proportion, not exceeding 40" high x 72" wide.
Sunset Malls  --SOLD
Acrylic Painting, 24" high x 30" wide image size.
Available as a giclee only.