This is a beautiful article. Thank you.

Monthly budget for art. I think I want to marry this man.

I'm inspired!

I've always thought it's better to have one piece of original art you paid $100 for than 10 posters.

Now that this article came out I hope he has good locks on his doors.

@4: Thank you so much for your contribution and insight.

I love this. I love collecting art because you love the art, not because of who the artist is or what it is/will be worth monetarily. I'm excited to have enough art in my home to run out of wall space. This is super inspiring.

Great piece great subject, the collectors are what make the the Art world spin.I hope that others can be inspired by this excellent story.

We need more collectors like this in Seattle. Good luck on your next find Stephen...

Steve is the epitome of humanity at its best. He is a kind gentle giant who treasures friendship even more than art. We should all be so kind and generous.

I remember attending Steve's first photo show, years ago...he's a family friend from way back...a delightful person and wonderful artist...
Congratulations Steve!!!

I've known Steve since the 60's from his Southern California days. I painted houses with Steve in the summers and the same caring for art was projected into his daily work. Every clients house was an artistic mission no matter how humble it's appearance. He would counsel the owners with such confidence and caring that I looked forward to working everyday. And we had fun, we painted to music and used our pole sanders as "air guitars".