About Steadman

Steadman spent several years traveling through the American West, and visited and lived on ranches in several states, staying as a guest of ranch owners he befriended.  During that time, he spent thousands of hours with real cowboys and cowgirls, horsemen, horse trainers, world-champion competitors, Mustang trainers, Rodeo athletes, riding instructors, and others involved in the world of horses.  Steadman also attended and photographed 30 Rodeos for a future book project. He also "ran with the hounds" at 30 Fox Hunts in several states, again for a future book project. He also followed other horse sports and met some of the best riders, athletes,  and trainers in the world.  The photo you see at the right is a Self Portrait by Steadman, with the appearance he had while working with cowboys.  

Steadman is an avid sailor who has a passion for offshore ocean sailing.  He has sailed from Hawaii to California (30 days), from the Cayman Islands to the Chesapeake (17 days), from the Chesapeake to Newfoundland and cruising Newfoundland's east coast (30 days), and from Florida to Maine (21 days).  He has sailed in high winds, high seas, thunderstorms, lightning, and was becalmed for several days 1,000 miles from land. He has sailed next to whales, dolphins, sea turtles, and was visited by a large basking shark. He swam in 18,000 feet of water in mid-Pacific, and has spent many hours enjoying the sea and stars while on night watch. 

Steadman enjoys the outdoors and thoroughly enjoys hiking, backpacking and primitive camping. He has backpacked on parts of the Appalachian Trail and solo backpacked in Glacier Bay and Denali Alaska.  He has sea kayaked with whales in Alaska, SCUBA dived in Belize and California, Sky Dived, Bungee Jumped from a hot air ballon, River Rafted in Alaska and other states, fly-fished several rivers in the Sierras, mountain biked in the Sierras, and piloted two helicopters. He also enjoys shooting sporting clays. The photo at right shows Steadman at the helm of a 42 foot yacht in heavy fog off the coast of Newfoundland.  Sailing close to large icebergs was a real thrill. 

Prior to beginning his career as a professional artist and photographer in 2000, Steadman had a career in Sales and Marketing and later as a CEO Level Management Consultant. Steadman was formerly a leading partner at Arthur Andersen, at the time it was the world's largest global consulting firm with 100,000 employees.  He was recruited by the Partner in Charge of the Western Hemisphere.  Steadman was the Partner-in-Charge of Global Profit Improvement Consulting and also Partner-in-Charge of Sales and Marketing to the Global 1000 corporations.  Steadman initiated and met privately, face to face,  with the Chairmen, CEOs, and other high level executives at over 120 very large corporations.  His services were requested in multiple countries from Japan to Europe.  He established a global network of professionals and was the initial contact with CEOs of some of the world's largest corporations. He was based in New York City. 

Prior to becoming a partner at Arthur Andersen, Steadman was an innovative and leading Director at KPMG in San Francisco. He worked directly for the Partner who became the CEO for KPMG International.  His work was praised by the Global CEO of KPMG, and by many partners across the USA. Verbatim Testimonial comments from many of his partners are available.