Steve Simon

About Steve

Steve Simon was raised outside Chicago by immigrant parents from Luxembourg. As a youth, Steve enjoyed drawing but eventually pursued more technical interests. After receiving his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, Steve practiced engineering in Germany. He later returned to Chicago to work as a management consultant.

While in Chicago, Steve participated in oil painting workshops in the evenings but still did not consider an art career. Still searching for his calling, Steve chose to pursue an MBA in international business during which he studied in Paris, New York, Tokyo, and  nine other cities throughout eastern Europe and Asia. At this point, his travels had brought him to over thirty countries as the cultural exposure continued to fuel the latent artist.

After receiving his MBA, Steve accepted a consulting assignment in Paris. Here he could explore the art world which so intrigued him. In his free time, he visited art museums and painted in his studio apartment in the famous artist’s quarter of Montmartre.  Upon completing the Paris assignment, it became clear to him that the artist within must be acknowledged.

It was then Steve made the decision to move to California to pursue an art career. He has since produced over 350 oil paintings, published seven artbooks of his work, and owned and operated his own gallery on scenic Balboa Island, California for eight years. In addition to a broad portfolio of corporate gift clients, his collectors include a wide variety of private and government clientele, domestically and internationally.

In 2007, Steve moved to the dramatic Red Rock Country of Sedona, Arizona with his wife and daughter. There he began working on Arizona landscapes and a series of peacemaker paintings that would blossom into the collection featured in this website.

In 2021, the artist and his family moved again, this time to Londonderry, New Hampshire where he resides with his wife and daughter.