Steve Snell

Overview
Steve Snell is inspired by the mythology and popular culture of American history and the Western landscape. He explores and critiques this heroic, constructed, and complicated narrative through paintings, videos, and local adventures. With experiences ranging from paddling a small cardboard replica of Lewis and Clark’s keelboat on the Missouri River to pushing an ungainly Conestoga wagon across the frozen prairie of Nebraska, Steve seeks connection with the present moment through a reinterpretation of past stories and legends.

 

Steve’s work has been shown in galleries and film festivals throughout the country. 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. Steve is also an avid paddler, spending time each summer exploring local rivers and painting watercolors.

 

Works
  • Steve Snell, A Pineapple, Butterfly, and Timber Rattlesnake
    A Pineapple, Butterfly, and Timber Rattlesnake
  • Steve Snell, Analogous Coyote
    Analogous Coyote
  • Steve Snell, Big Blue Cottontail
    Big Blue Cottontail
  • Steve Snell, Blue Fox
    Blue Fox
  • Steve Snell, Blue Raccoon
    Blue Raccoon
  • Steve Snell, Blue Wolf Study
    Blue Wolf Study
  • Steve Snell, Large Prismatic Wolf
    Large Prismatic Wolf
  • Steve Snell, Red Tailed Hawk
    Red Tailed Hawk
  • Steve Snell, Sleeping Bear
    Sleeping Bear
  • Steve Snell, Squirrel #1
    Squirrel #1
  • Steve Snell, Squirrel #2
    Squirrel #2
  • Steve Snell, Squirrel #3
    Squirrel #3
  • Steve Snell, Squirrel #4
    Squirrel #4
  • Steve Snell, Squirrel #5
    Squirrel #5
  • Steve Snell, Squirrel #6
    Squirrel #6
  • Steve Snell, Squirrel #7
    Squirrel #7
  • Steve Snell, Squirrel #8
    Squirrel #8
  • Steve Snell, Squirrel #9
    Squirrel #9
  • Steve Snell, Study - Flower
    Study - Flower
  • Steve Snell, Study - Magenta Bear
    Study - Magenta Bear
  • Steve Snell, Study - Magenta Bull
    Study - Magenta Bull
  • Steve Snell, Study for a Blue Bull
    Study for a Blue Bull
  • Steve Snell, Study for a Golden Fawn
    Study for a Golden Fawn
  • Steve Snell, Study for a Golden Oak
    Study for a Golden Oak
  • Steve Snell, Study for Pink Fawns
    Study for Pink Fawns
  • Steve Snell, Violet Tiger
    Violet Tiger
Exhibitions