Steven A. Scroggins
PO Box 1164
Coeur d'Alene, Id. 83816
Voice: (208) 659-8332
artist@stevenascroggins.com

Steve Scroggins is a multifaceted artist working with a wide variety of materials that include Oil, Acrylics, Watercolor, Mixed Media Collage and Sculpture. He has also worked as a Television Producer, Radio Commentator, Pastor, Poet, Lyrist and Musician. He currently teaches art for the Panhandle Autism Society, Post Falls, Idaho.

Steve was born 1950 in Indianapolis, Indiana and raised his early years by maternal grandparents. His Grandfather was a hillbilly from Kentucky who could not read or write yet has proven to be the wisest man Steve has ever known. His Grandmother was a vibrant and kind Cherokee Indian.

With great pride his Grandfather taught Steve the difference between tools and toys. They spent many precious hours together on the back porch “whittling” and practicing the basic skills of sculpture.

His Grandmother instilled a love of flora in the young boy as they worked together tending the array of beautiful flowers that encircled their small rural backyard. The bright colors and tempting textures are still emblazoned on his heart and mind and often become integral parts of his paintings. Grandmother also taught him to cook, she would say, “Stevie, if it looks good, it tastes better!” The artist has enjoyed applying that concept to many aspects of life.

At the age of nine Steve received his first camera, a Kodak Brownie, and continues to this day as an avid photographer. By his teens he began working in collage, writing poetry and painting with watercolors. In his early twenties, after returning state side from a tour of duty in the Orient with the USAF, the artist explored sculpture in the Calder Style. He went on to study Ornamental Horticulture at College of the Desert in Palm Desert, California and Graphic Design at North Idaho College in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.

For a private showing of the Artist's work, please contact the residential Studio/Gallery “Spirit Art & Soul” in Post Falls, Idaho at 208-659-8332.