About Us @Batty-4-Arts.com
	Who are we? We are a couple of people who's love for making beautiful stuff overflows our limited places to put it.  So the way we can keep making stuff is to put it out here for sale.  Jade is a native of San Diago California, she has a 6 year old boy who keeps her more than busy.  Steve is Dad to 2 teenagers and has them 50% of the time.  A few years back we met on the internet in a support forum.  Even though we lived on opposite sides of the Pacific, what came about was too strong for us to be able to pass it up. Mid 2007 Jade moved to New Zealand, bringing her son along.  As we knew it would our relationship grew ever stronger and at Halloween 2008 we married on the beach in La Jolla (San Diego) California.  Jade is now a permanent resident of NZ and we live in a slightly insane blended family. Steve has been drawing for many .. many years and about 7 years ago decided to take up serious painting, the drawing background helped and fell in love with life drawing mostly for the evocative shapes and images.  But still love to paint landscapes, especially inspired by the views out the studio windows.  How could you not be inspired by this.  Just a sample of the mornings we wake up to, this was the view out our bedroom window a few days ago. It'll turn into a painting before too long, I just need to get a few more of the projects currently underway finished. I have no shortage of inspiration for new paintings.  What I do have ais a shortage of time.  I work full time for a multi-national IT company, co-parent our 3 kids, cook, clean, and when i get a few spare moments get out on my pride and joy, a 1998 Harley Davidson Fatboy, especially with Jade on the back when we can get out on the road for a few hours of peace.  I'll let Jade fill out some bits about herself when she has a few spare moments, she's off rehearsing with a local variety group singing and dancing in a show to be held in early October.