Steve Clements

Hi, I'm Steve Clements.

I have lived in New Mexico all my life and have had the privilege of wondering the wild lands that are so plentiful and varied here in The Land of Enchantment.

I have discovered that these wild places can have a soothing, healing effect on a person. This is what I capture in my paintings.

I paint expressive realism to communicate this aspect of the subjects that I paint.


When I see beauty in a moment of time, like the way the sunlight brightens certain areas and reflects into others. I linger in the appreciation, awe, and wonder that I feel, and I record the experience for other people to see.

A painting exposes the enjoyment, taste, and other sensations through the color, value, and other compositional elements, portraying the subject in a way that can create, in the viewer, a connection with the actual landscape.