Steve Hanks, (1948-) ranked among America's top artists by U.S. ART, paints lyrical, realistic incarnations of women and children. His soft, flowing watercolors reflect a mastery of form and intricate involvement with light. They evoke emotion and inspiration and challenge the viewer to become involved in the scene. Steve Hanks, although a relatively new artist, has already become widely recognized in the art world.

Few artists can duplicate the emotional depth Steve Hanks achieves in his spectacular watercolors. Each painting is meticulously drawn with great attention to detail, reflecting a moment in time, often a token of the artist's memory. The viewers reward is a grand interconnectedness with the artist's favorite moments, all familiar to our own experiences as well.

Steve Hanks is a relatively new artist, but it's taken him only a handful of years to make a name for himself in the art world. This artist paints lithograph portraits of beautiful people in beautiful settings. The beautiful people are often members of his own family. Hanks chooses subjects that inspire a sense of the freshness of life and the beauty of moments to be seized. He chooses real subjects, rather than invented ones and his pictures include a lot of subtle details that give them life. The pictures shown here are fine examples.