Artist: Steve Hamlin
USA
USA

A native New Englander, Steve Hamlin has lived in western Massachusetts most of his life. For the past thirty years, he and wife Linda have lived in the tiny rural community of Huntington in the eastern foothills of the Berkshires.
Hamlin has painted since childhood, until recently always in watercolor. Over the past several years, he has also worked extensively in graphite and experimented with acrylics and pastels. Mostly self-taught, Hamlin has been influenced by many artists, both contemporary and deceased. Among them are Winslow Homer, Arthur Guptill, John Pike, Frank Rynes and Mike Sibley. Hamlin’s work reflects three life-long passions: nature, history and architecture.
Signature Member:
• Society of Animal Artists
• Northeast Watercolor Society
• New England Watercolor Society
Master Artist Member of the Bennington Collective
Elected Member of American Artists Professional League
Merit member and vice president of Academic Artists Association
Since resuming my art career in 2007 after a 20+ year hiatus, my work has been included in many local, regional, national and international shows, garnering thirty-four awards to date. A partial list of shows my work has been a part of follows:
• Signature Member Show of the New England Watercolor Society 2016, 2017 and 2018 – the Guild of Boston Artists, Newbury St., Boston
• Annual Exhibition of the Academic Artists Association 2014-2018 - Arts Center East , Vernon CT
• Wildscapes 2017, the Bennington
• Green Mountain Watercolor Exhibition 2015-2018 – Waitsfield VT
• Nature in Art 2017, The Nature in Art Trust, Wallsworth Hall, Gloucester England
• Laumeister Fine Art Competition 2017, the Bennington 2016
• Northeast Watercolor Society International Exhibition 2012, 2015 through 2017 – Kent CT
• Art and the Animal 2015 – 55th Annual Exhibition of the Society of Animal Artists, Roger Tory Peterson Institute, Jamestown NY
• New England Regional Show of the New England Watercolor Society 2008, 2013 and 2015
• Art of the Animal Kingdom 2010-2015, the Bennington
• Impressions of New England 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, the Bennington
• New England Watercolor Society National Show 2014, Plymouth Center for the Arts
• American Artists Professional League 85th Grand National 2013
• Rhode Island Watercolor Society 19th Annual National Watermedia Competition 2012
• Salmagundi Club 35th Annual Juried Exhibition for Non-Members 2012
• Bennington Center for the Arts American Artists Abroad 2012
• Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts 101st Annual Exhibition 2012
Hamlin has painted since childhood, until recently always in watercolor. Over the past several years, he has also worked extensively in graphite and experimented with acrylics and pastels. Mostly self-taught, Hamlin has been influenced by many artists, both contemporary and deceased. Among them are Winslow Homer, Arthur Guptill, John Pike, Frank Rynes and Mike Sibley. Hamlin’s work reflects three life-long passions: nature, history and architecture.
Signature Member:
• Society of Animal Artists
• Northeast Watercolor Society
• New England Watercolor Society
Master Artist Member of the Bennington Collective
Elected Member of American Artists Professional League
Merit member and vice president of Academic Artists Association
Since resuming my art career in 2007 after a 20+ year hiatus, my work has been included in many local, regional, national and international shows, garnering thirty-four awards to date. A partial list of shows my work has been a part of follows:
• Signature Member Show of the New England Watercolor Society 2016, 2017 and 2018 – the Guild of Boston Artists, Newbury St., Boston
• Annual Exhibition of the Academic Artists Association 2014-2018 - Arts Center East , Vernon CT
• Wildscapes 2017, the Bennington
• Green Mountain Watercolor Exhibition 2015-2018 – Waitsfield VT
• Nature in Art 2017, The Nature in Art Trust, Wallsworth Hall, Gloucester England
• Laumeister Fine Art Competition 2017, the Bennington 2016
• Northeast Watercolor Society International Exhibition 2012, 2015 through 2017 – Kent CT
• Art and the Animal 2015 – 55th Annual Exhibition of the Society of Animal Artists, Roger Tory Peterson Institute, Jamestown NY
• New England Regional Show of the New England Watercolor Society 2008, 2013 and 2015
• Art of the Animal Kingdom 2010-2015, the Bennington
• Impressions of New England 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, the Bennington
• New England Watercolor Society National Show 2014, Plymouth Center for the Arts
• American Artists Professional League 85th Grand National 2013
• Rhode Island Watercolor Society 19th Annual National Watermedia Competition 2012
• Salmagundi Club 35th Annual Juried Exhibition for Non-Members 2012
• Bennington Center for the Arts American Artists Abroad 2012
• Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts 101st Annual Exhibition 2012