Stephen Puttrich

Mentoring Emerging Artists
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MEDIUM: Oil Paint | Watercolor Art | Mixed Media Art | Gouache Paint
SPECIALTY: ✔ Plein Air 

Steve Puttrich started his studies at the American Academy of Art and the Art Institute of Chicago. He received his degrees in architectural illustration, graphic design, and fine art. Steve studied watercolor painting under the Academy’s Director, Irving Shapiro, and Oil Painting under Eugene Hall. After a 35-year career as an artist, designer, and Vice President of Creative Services and Innovation for Parsons Corporations. Steve and his wife Bobbie Puttrich, also a fine artist, are now enjoying painting full-time around the country. Steve is also teaching at Chicago’s Palette and Chisel Academy of Fine Art. At the Morton Arboretum and Chicago Botanic Garden. Steve enjoys demonstrating his craft throughout various local venues and has won several awards in Plein Air Painting events as well as quick painting competitions. Steve is currently the Artist in Residence for the Plein Air Painters of Chicago. He is represented by Castle Gallery in Fort Wayne, IN, Main Street Art Gallery in Lake Zurich, IL, and the Unintended Curator Gallery in Culver, IN.