Steve & Nancy York

Surprise, Arizona residents Steve and Nancy York began their art collection with a single purchase in 1981. Tha firs painting, purchased at the Death Valley 49er Days, was by a then-17-year-old Tom Mansanerz.

Now an award-winning artist who has been a featured artist for the National Wild Turkey Federation, Artist of the Year for the Foundation for North American Wild Sheep and the Mule Deer Foundation, and Artist of the Quarter by the Rocky Mountain Elk

Foundation. His art work graces not only collector homes across the country, but the covers of leading art magazines. Tha moment began the art odyssey for the Yorks. “We’ll never forget watching him paint so much detail with a tiny brush in his hand,” recalls Nancy.