M. Stephen Doherty

M. Stephen Doherty majored in art at Knox College in Galesburg, IL, and graduated summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa. He then earned a Master of Fine Arts degree in printmaking from Cornell University in Ithaca, NY; taught art in public schools, a community college, and at Knox; worked in the marketing department of a company that manufactured screen printing art supplies; and then moved to a suburb of New York City. He was the editor of American Artist magazine and launched three other art magazines: Watercolor, Drawing, and Workshop. He later became Editor-in-Chief of PleinAir magazine and moved to the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia.