Born in 1955, Steven E. Lillegard was raised on a ranch and in the small towns of Moccasin and Stanford in central Montana. His artistic ability was noticed and encouraged early by his mother, Elisabeth Lillegard, an artist trained in Boston. During family trips to New England she took him to see works of masters in museums in Boston, Washington D.C. and New York City.

His formal training started at Stanford High School where Patricia Hansen assembled an excellent art department. He c (showing 500 of 1175 characters).