The Dubuque Museum of Art welcomed Steve Gordon’s large-scale oil paintings of the vast and breathtaking Alaskan countryside, providing visitors with a first-hand look at the land of the midnight sun. Mr. Gordon’s focus is the landscapes of south central Alaska portrayed in a painterly, realistic style. “My large-scale paintings enable the viewer to see both the loose brushwork and the realistic image.”
Born in 1956 in Dubuque, he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in biology from Dartmouth College in 1979 and a Master of Fine Arts in painting from the University of Iowa in 1984. He and his wife moved to Alaska in 1984 where he taught art for several years before becoming a full-time artist in 1992.