Evel Knievel • Giclée on Canvas •
As a child Stephen Holland was handicapped and had to watch his family and friends play sports. The steel brace Holland wore on his leg prevented him from attending neighborhood schools. But handicaps often heighten one's other sensitivities. This proved true for Stephen Holland, his talents developed elsewhere. Stephen Holland's gift for drawing grew as he sat and sketched his friends. Though his mother used to say he began drawing as soon as he could hold a pencil, Stephen Holland's abilities actually blossomed while attending a special high school which devoted half of each day to art studies. Stephen Holland later attended the Art Students League, the School of Visual Arts and Pratt Institute, all in New York City.
Stephen Holland's talent and contributions to art and sports received national recognition in 1993, when the American Sport Art Museum awarded him the honor of Sports Artist of the Year.