Sacramento, California native Steve Memering's dramatic play of light and dark and bold color schemes have become a persistent theme in his unique works. Uncomfortable with photographic realism, Memering prefers to “interpret,” rather than “report,” a subject. “I paint what I remember, not what I see,” he explains. “What a camera records is not what I see.” For years, Memering had a reputation as an accomplished watercolor artist. Gradually, he discovered that each painting was becoming a kind of journey. Opaque mediums, such as oil and acrylic gave him the freedom he needed to re-evaluate and explore his ideas along the way. Although he never abandoned the demanding constraints of watercolor entirely, he now works predominantly in acrylic on canvas. Steve received his education at CSUS, Berkeley and Carnegie-Mellon. He, then, returned to Sacramento to live and work. Steve has had a long career as a teacher and artist.Today, he divides his time between painting several hours in the morning and working full-time as a middle school art teacher. During the summer, he also teaches adult painting workshops both in California and abroad. A versatile painter of diverse subjects, Steve's dramatic play of light and dark is particularly evident in his popular Koi Fantasy Series.
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