Steve Bufter
Steve Bufter creates post-stress eclectic style paintings on wood and wood carvings, emphasizing on portraiture and figurative compositions. His work is well known to area art enthusiasts, especially those who patronize Tower Gallery on Sanibel and the Alliance for the Arts. He has had several paintings juried into the Alliance’s annual All Florida Juried Exhibition, including this year’s entry titled Overalls. His painting The Very Thought of It (about a woman contemplating her future after learning that her breast cancer has returned) made quite an impression at the 27th Annual All Florida show, and Lolita garnered Bufter a Juror’s Choice award at the 31st Annual All Florida Show.
Bufter was born in Baltimore in 1953. He studied music and the arts at Western Maryland College, where he earned his degree. He now resides in Southwest Florida, where he exhibits regularly, not only at the Alliance and Tower Gallery, but Art Modern Gallery in Naples.
March 23, 2020.
About the Author
Tom Hall is both an amateur artist and aspiring novelist who writes art quest thrillers. He is in the final stages of completing his debut novel titled "Art Detective," a story that fictionalizes the discovery of the fabled billion-dollar Impressionist collection of Parisian art dealer Josse Bernheim-Jeune, thought by many to have perished during World War II when the collection's hiding place, Castle de Rastignac in southern France, was destroyed by the Wehrmacht in reprisal for attacks made by members of the Resistance operating in the area. A former tax attorney, Tom holds a bachelor's degree as well as both a juris doctorate and masters of laws in taxation from the University of Florida. Tom lives in Estero, Florida with his fiancee, Connie, and their four cats.