Stephen McMillan

Gallery La Mesa is proud to present the artwork of printmaker Stephen McMillan. Stephen's work is inspired by the natural beauty of California and Washington State. Stephen is a master draftsman, his prints are both exquisitely rendered and harmoniously structured.

Steve studied at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and for one year at Hornsey College of Art in London, England, where he concentrated on sculpture. It was at Santa Cruz, in 1969, that Steve was first introduced to etching. Since he received his BFA from UCSC in 1975, he has focused on creating aquatint etchings of landscapes, drawn freehand from photographs he takes.

From 1975 to 1979 he worked at Graphic Arts Workshop in San Francisco. For most of the years from 1979 to 1992 he was an artist in residence at Kala Art Institute in Berkeley, where he taught classes in printmaking, and wrote three technical articles about aquatint etching. In 1992 he moved to Petaluma, California, and set up a printmaking studio in his home. In 2006 he moved north to set up a new studio in Bellingham, Washington.

Gallery La Mesa is Stephen McMillan's exclusive representative in San Diego County. Please come in and see our collection of his work in person.