Kozar Fine Art

Steven Kozar has been painting as a full-time professional artist since 1986 (right after he dropped out of art school). He primarily paints using watercolor, although he also uses oil or acrylic on occasion. There are no “tricks” to his paintings-they are all painted using a paintbrush (with very rare use of an airbrush). His paintings are based on actual places that he has visited and photographed; he then uses these photographs as a reference back in his studio.

Steven’s paintings have been sold in prestigious art galleries in Chicago, Milwaukee, Washington D.C., New York, and London, but all of his original paintings are being sold through this website directly.

Here’s a video about Steven from Wisconsin Public Television: pbs.org

Background

1964 Born and raised in Lake Zurich, IL. Moved to Wisconsin in 1986 to begin full-time painting.

Education

1983-85 Illinois State University, Normal, IL
1985-86 American Academy of Art, Chicago, IL