About the Artist

Stephen Moore Richards (AKA Steve) was born in New Zealand and migrated to the Gold Coast, Australia in 2006.  He Began drawing at a very young age and as he got older his teachers realised and then nurtured his talent.  Steve is a perfectionist and was not completely satisfied with the finished product so he enrolled in art classes in Wellington NZ and later took fine arts courses in Auckland.

Steve specialises mainly in auto-art, for example, cars, boats, planes, trains etc. He is not limited to just this subject matter, having painted and drawn portraits, animals and landscapes etc., Steve favours working in acrylics on either canvas or board, he also paints large murals on walls, both interior and exterior features. Some airbrushing may be used in backgrounds but the bulk of his paintings are hand brushed.

Steve finds the play of light in reflections in paint and chrome very intriguing so enjoys painting the subject matter containing this effect, hence the love of the world’s mechanical “works of art”.

Caricatures and cartoons are also a specialty and he has been the regular cartoonist for the New Zealand Classic Car Magazine for the past ten years, supplying the monthly cartoon and an article illustration every month for publication.

See the ‘Gallery’ for examples of Steve’s work, including some original paintings that have now been put up for sale.  Prints and Limited Edition Prints of his original works are also available for purchase. 

Photo of acrylic painting of Yacht sails. ( no prints available)