Steve is a sixth/seventh generation Australian, with Irish English/German heritage, a trained biologist, geologist, engineer and environmental manager working and living over many years across all states in Australia and four continents. He has been based in Western Australia for over twenty-five years and currently resides in Dunsborough, Western Australia.Steve is driven to understand the lingering impact of trauma experienced by our forebears, the intergenerational influence of catastrophes such as war, flood and famine. The Veiled Thread Series: The Veiled Thread (2020) and The Severed Cord (2022) and now Woven Fragments acknowledge the genetic influence of the past seen by Steve as he lived and worked in various locations from Europe to North America, Asia and Australia.