It's interesting how things change. One morning you're doing a trade job, and by the afternoon, you've joined the art department painting murals for an international film production, "Nim's Island". This is how it happened for Brisbane artist, Stevenbowerman.

The movie centers on a young girl who inhabits an isolated island with her scientist father and communicates with a reclusive author of the novel she's reading. It stars Jodie Foster, Abigail Breslin, Gerard Butler and is based on the book by Wendy Orr.

Steven has been living and working in the environs of South East Queensland and Northern New South Wales for most of his life. He originally trained as a tradesman, but has always had a comsuming passion to draw and paint since his childhood. With encouragement from friends and family and money from his day time job, he started printing and selling reproductions of his artwork. He has since attracted a dedicated following of his artwork.

Through a friend, Billy Shannon, Steven was introduced to the production team at the Warner Roadshow movie studios where the film "Nim's Island" is currently in production on the Gold Coast, where he began working for  the art department, painting murals and illustrating books for the movie.

His years of artistic dedication are now opening interesting doors. 

"Nim's Island" is expected to be realeased in 2008. 

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