Steve Anderson is an Emmy Award winner with 20 years experience in design and production for themed entertainment, sponsored promotions, exhibit design, museum design, regional entertainment and Theme Parks. Steve combines a formal training in commercial and fine arts with a technical design and production background. In 1989 Steve received a Primetime Emmy Award in Special Visual Effects for ABC’s mini-series, "War and Remembrance". From there, he went on to a career in the theme park industry with Walt Disney Imagineering.

Steve was Vice President of Scale Effects in Oceano, CA for 3 years where he supervised all visual effects for film and television projects. He worked for Walt Disney Imagineering in Glendale, CA for 9 years as a Senior Show Designer where he was the design team leader and Art Director for theme park projects from concept through field installation.

While at WDI, Steve played key roles in the design and implementation of a large variety of projects at Walt Disney World, Florida. Highlights include the "Astro Orbiter" rocket jet ride at Magic Kingdom’s New Tomorrowland, GM Test Track, Kodak’s "Honey I Shrunk the Audience", and "Ice Station Cool," the Coca-Cola Company’s flagship presence at EPCOT. From 1994 to 1997, he was the Art Director for EPCOT’s 100,000-plus square-foot "Innoventions," where he oversaw the development and installation of major corporate exhibits and worked closely with AT&T’s Bell Labs, IBM, General Motors, GE, Sega, Honeywell and other companies.


After his tenure at WDI, Steve became a consultant for Mattel, Inc., where he designed and built the prototype Harry Potter castle. This model won the licensing agreement for Mattel and was featured as the centerpiece for the 2000 Toy Fair in New York. The castle’s design influence can be seen in the Warner Brothers release of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone"

Also an Artist Fellow of the American Society of Aviation Artists (ASAA), Steve specializes in events surrounding the career of First World War ace Baron von Richthofen. His work also includes other eras of aviation and is well known for serious attention to detail and authenticity.

Steve has a BA, Fine Arts and an MA, Painting and Sculpture from the California State University, Fresno. Steve’s early career included teaching at the College and University levels.

Steve is able to do historically accurate paintings of any combat aircraft ever built. He can create finely detailed scale models of the planes as well. If you would like to know more about having Steve create a custom piece of aviation art for you or someone special in your life, please contact him via the link below.