Lee Steadman is an award-winning artist, curator, and educator who focuses on capturing the outdoors in watercolor. Growing up on a dairy farm in McKean, Pennsylvania, Steadman developed a deep appreciation for the outdoors, which continue to inspire his landscapes. Steadman has also captured the beauty of the outdoors as a field illustrator in places like the Galapagos, where he illustrated a book published by the Smithsonian Institution.

As an internationally acclaimed artist, Steadman’s paintings can be found in private and public museum and gallery collections including the New York State Museum, the Cincinnati Museum of Natural History, the Leigh Yawkey-Woodson Art Museum, and the Smithsonian's Museum of Natural History. His work has also been shown in solo and group exhibitions across the United States. Steadman’s illustrations have contributed to the National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America and he illustrated “I Do and I Don't”, written by children's television personality Fred Rogers. His watercolors have appeared in multiple books and texts.

Beyond his own practice, Steadman has dedicated his career to advocacy and education. He was appointed to the Governor’s Outdoor Task Force Panel in 2007 to help Pennsylvanians reconnect with nature and served on the board of trustees of the Pennsylvania Council of the Arts from 2012 to 2018. Steadman has designed and participated in many long-term art residency projects at schools and institutions throughout Pennsylvania.

Currently, as the director of BLOOM Collaborative at Stairways Behavioral Health in Erie, Pennsylvania, Steadman incorporates his artistic expertise with his passion for wellness. BLOOM promotes healing through creative processes like art, mindfulness, and community collaboration, emphasizing the power of creativity. In recognition of his commitment to the arts, Steadman received the Lifetime Achievement Award given by Erie Arts and Culture in 2020.