Steven's Stories

During the French Revolution, the people called for liberté, égalité, fraternité !  Liberty, equality, fraternity! While I don't agree w...

HERE LIES IN HONORED GLORY A COMRADE IN ARMS KNOWN BUT TO GOD I was deeply moved by this inscription to the unknown soldier in the American ...

Uff da! This is an all-purpose exclamation in Norwegian. The older I get and the crazier this world gets, the more useful it becomes. It doe...

A few years ago, I joined a gym and lost a lot of weight (all told, 80 pounds). I blogged about it back in 2014 here . Kyler was one of the ...

This is my friend Charlie. He is pretty amazing, and I have a lot of respect for him. He also played Cchhär in my movies Yibvlidj Apocalypse...

Way back around the turn of the century, I met Jill online. She adopted me as a younger brother and became the big sister I never had. I vis...

This is my brother Aaron. We may not be biologically related, but that's beside the point. Although, there are Olsons among my ancestors...

My uncle Randy was tragically killed by a drunk driver before I was born. I have heard wonderful things about him, and I wish I could have k...

My cousin Darcy is an amazing, talented person. In the years since I did this portrait of her, she also got married and has an amazing son. ...

I made this portrait as a wedding present for my cousins Tim and Annika a few years ago. They now have two amazing kids! Today Annika advanc...

"To err is human. To loaf is Parisian." - Victor Hugo, Les Misérables Victor Hugo had a very distinctive writing style. Best known...

In our ongoing campaign to introduce the Canvas LMS (Learning Management System) to Edmonds Community College, our fearless leader Steve Sos...

Our first assignment in our illustration class was to do a self portrait. This was not that self portrait. As that was my first attempt, I w...

In 2013, I had the honor of being involved in Canvas Trek , a campaign to introduce Edmonds Community College to the new Learning Management...

Hallelujah!  is the English spelling of the Hebrew for "Praise the Lord!" My grandpa liked to observe that there were two words th...

Happy Easter! I made this illustration a few years ago to celebrate Easter. It was a follow-up to my Good Friday illustration, making a few ...

Kyrie Eleison  is Latin for "Lord, have mercy!" It is often used in church liturgy going back centuries, and as I see more and mor...

The inscription on Jesus' cross read, "JESUS OF NAZARETH, KING OF THE JEWS" in Greek, Latin and Hebrew. It was one of the dark...

Today is Palm Sunday, the day we remember Christ's Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem, riding on a donkey. The people laid palm branches and...

This was inspired by my friend Tyler as he was helping me with my workout in early April 2013. (As of April 9 of that year, it was "las...