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Steve Kissing

Partner (Creative)

Steve drives a Volkswagen Jetta. Clearly, cars isn't what he rockets for. But the money he saves on his car payment and other sacrifices allows him to invest in art that speaks to him. In more cases than not, this is "outside art," pieces created by self-taught artists with mental disabilities.

An early adopter of Internet-driven public relations tactics, Steve later moved to the creative side of the marketing communications business. He cut his creative teeth at Barefoot where he spent three years as a copywriter, winning several dozen creative awards. He then served as an associate creative director of Internet Services at HSR Business to Business, where he was later promoted to creative director. His interesting and unexpected work for clients, as well as his monthly magazine column, "Odd Man Out" have led more than one to speculate that Steve may qualify as an outsider artist himself.