Stephen Hunter, Illustrations

Cedar Falls, Iowa

Stephen Hunter grew up in New London, Iowa. He graduated from Burlington Community College, then attended Iowa Wesleyan College, and moved to Cedar Falls where he received the Outstanding Student award from the Commercial Art Program at Hawkeye Institute of Technology.

He also received a gold medal in the state competition held by The Vocational Industrial Club of America and went on to be awarded a Silver medal in the national competition. He was then hired by Hellman Associates in Waterloo where he became an illustrator, creating art for hundreds of national corporations and magazines.

He received awards from The New York Society of lllustrators, the Iowa Art Directors Club and other groups. After surviving a major illness in 1996 he taught himself to create digital art and enjoy combining photos he’s taken to create new compositions. He returned to the University of Northern Iowa where he received another art degree in 2000.

“After many years of illustrating as directed by magazines and corporations, I now enjoy creating art that evokes pleasant memories for individuals or possibly images they simply enjoy.”