Stefan Schlitter was born in West Berlin in 1959. His father, a medical doctor, and mother exposed Stefan to a large collection of literature and art books at home. At the age of 13 he discovered Michelangelo's drawings of nudes, started copying them. Soon the walls of his bedroom were covered with copies, sketches, and drawings. When visitors came to the house, they wondered about the talent of young "Steve". Soon he went to museums to explore the works of the old Masters and started oil painting on canvas. Stefan treasured the paintings of Henri Rousseau (A French naive painter, 1910), Rene Magritte (A Belgian surrealist painter 1930s), Paul Gauguin (A French painter, 1890), and Andy Warhol (Pop Art and colors). In the end Stefan developed his own approach to painting-- creating a style uniquely his own.