After a 30-year career as an art and creative director, I returned to painting in 2007. (While in High School,  I was awarded a Gold Key in the Boston Globe Scholastic Art Awards Competition, which fueled my love of creating art.) I graduated from Massachusetts College of Art, receiving a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Painting. I also received a Certificate in Art History from the School of Fine Arts at Boston University. While at Mass Art, I was asked to paint wall murals, which led to work with graphic design and architectural firms; painting wall murals for Nypro Inc., in Clinton, MA, and Sun Federal Savings Bank, in Biddeford, ME. At this same time, mural competitions opened to students -- one for the MBTA (the 'T'), and the other for the Boston Common Underground Garage. My designs won First Prizes in both contests. The garage murals are no longer visible; the 'T' murals at Kenmore Square are. Following the success of the contests, I was commissioned to design and paint murals for individuals and for the Charles River Apartment complex in Boston. My paintings have recently been selected for several juried exhibitions and I have exhibited at 13forest Gallery, Albright Gallery, Akillian Gallery, Ames Mansion, Boston Convention Center, Bromfield Gallery, Chabot Gallery, Chandler Gallery, Colo Colo Gallery, Danforth Museum, Daniels Gallery, Dome Gallery, Galatea Fine Arts, Gallery 9, Hutson Gallery, Massachusetts General Hospital, McLaughin-Hills Gallery, Mount Auburn Hospital, New Art Center, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Upstream People Gallery and Windsor Whip Works Art Center. Steve Barylick in his studio.