About the Artist - Stephen Oosterling
Welcome to my online art gallery!
It all started at the age of three. I drew stop signs. There was something about them that got the 102 octane flowing through my veins. From there, it was drawing cars. I drew on the back of the score sheet for my little league baseball team. I just kept drawing cars all the way through college.
It was 1976 when I really got into racing and intended to be the next Jackie Stewart. I went with friends to the US Grand Prix at Watkins Glen: blood red Ferraris with their screaming flat 12s, six wheeled Tyrrells and Jame Hunt in the dayglo Texaco/Marlboro McLarens.
Just after I was married, a friend and I went to the Spenard-David Racing School in Shannonville, Ontario, Canada and I got the rush first-hand. I also came to the realisation that family came first. I am pleased to have tried it and it helps me understand the thrill, precision and concentration necessary in motor sports.
I started painting and exhibiting in 1994 and was discovered by a nationally known automotive art gallery which opened the doors to quite a few opportunities and commissions. I presently live in Upstate New York with my wife and son (highest taxes in the USA, thank you very much...).