Tennessee watercolorist Butler Steltemeier specializes in animal portraiture with a twist. Dreamy settings and startling details of fashion accessories lend whimsy to her otherwise dead-on realism used to present goat, cow, dog and sheep models in natural pose. In paintings that may vary from eight-inch head studies to dramatic large whole body portraits, the artist captures her four-legged models with a delightful use of rich colors and intense gradations.
Self-taught since childhood, Steltemeier began to win awards immediately after her first formal study at Spring Hill college under the tutelage of Father Craigan. She has among her many recognitions been awarded by the American Watercolor Society, the National Watercolor Society and is listed in the Who’s Who of Alabama Women Painters.
The artist is included in a long list of collections including the Tennessee State Museum, South Central Bell and American Airlines Headquarters. Private collectors include Whoopi Goldberg, Billy Joel, Steve and Eugenia Winwood, and Al and Tipper Gore.
A native of Nashville, Steltemeier lived in Magnolia Springs, Alabama for fifteen years with a year away in Manhattan that included study at the New York Art League. She spent a significant portion of her early career living the life of an art festival nomad, exhibiting and selling across the country.
Steltemeier now resides in Leiper’s Fork, Tennessee with her canine companion Howdy Doody and several very individual felines. In addition to her artwork, the artist is busy writing her first children’s book. Please visit her website at: www.butlersteltemeier.com
Self-taught since childhood, Steltemeier began to win awards immediately after her first formal study at Spring Hill college under the tutelage of Father Craigan. She has among her many recognitions been awarded by the American Watercolor Society, the National Watercolor Society and is listed in the Who’s Who of Alabama Women Painters.
The artist is included in a long list of collections including the Tennessee State Museum, South Central Bell and American Airlines Headquarters. Private collectors include Whoopi Goldberg, Billy Joel, Steve and Eugenia Winwood, and Al and Tipper Gore.
A native of Nashville, Steltemeier lived in Magnolia Springs, Alabama for fifteen years with a year away in Manhattan that included study at the New York Art League. She spent a significant portion of her early career living the life of an art festival nomad, exhibiting and selling across the country.
Steltemeier now resides in Leiper’s Fork, Tennessee with her canine companion Howdy Doody and several very individual felines. In addition to her artwork, the artist is busy writing her first children’s book. Please visit her website at: www.butlersteltemeier.com
She Believed
2014 Statue (sold)
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