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teve Wilson grew up in a creative home . His mom was a painter and his dad encouraged it . “ Dad would want a specific art piece in the living room , say wild horses , and my mom was like , ‘ I ’ ll do it ,’” Steve reminisced . “ As a child I thought everyone must have been like this . I didn ’ t really give it much though until the time my mom said we could paint on the walls , anything we wanted , because they were going to be painting the walls a different color . She promised they ’ d be able to leave our creations up for a while before covering them .

An Inner Light

Artist to Canvas

Steve Wilson

BY ROBIN BISHOP
I painted an eagle with an American flag while my brothers painted other scenes . I think I was 11 or 12 at the time and my brothers were nine and 10 . Anyway , mom gave us praises for what we did and when company came over , once they got over the initial shock of her allowing us to do such a thing , they praised the idea and the good job we did .” Steve started
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