Born in Berkeley, California in1949, Stephen McMillan was raised in a home that had a sweeping view of the San Francisco Bay. This scene kindled his interest in landscape and was one of his earliest drawing subjects. He had his first one man show when he was sixteen.
Steve studied at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and for one year at Hornsey College of Art in London, England, where he concentrated on sculpture. It was at Santa Cruz, in 1969, that Steve was first introduced to etching. Since he received his BFA from UCSC in 1975, he has focused on creating aquatint etchings of wilderness landscapes, drawn freehand from photographs he has taken.
From 1975 to 1979 he worked at Graphic Arts Workshop in San Francisco. For most of the years from 1979 to 1992 he was an artist in residence at Kala Institute in Berkley, where he taught classes in printmaking, and wrote three technical articles about aquatint etching. From 1992 until 2005 he lived and worked in Petaluma. He now lives in Bellingham, WA.
THERE ARE NOW TWO PAGES TO VISIT FOR STEVE'S ETCHINGS! see McMILLAN, SMALLER WORKS for images 9" x 12" and smaller