Come visit my octagon painting studio in Morongo Valley.  It's a perfect place for painting. Visits are always welcome and offered by appointment.  Please feel free to contact me here or on Blue Sky

Steven Wybenga lives and paints in Morongo Valley - immersed and surrounded by the beauty and mystique of the hi-desert. He works as a full time Registered Nurse for a local hospice agency and paints daily to capture and honor the natural beauty of the desert.

His landscape paintings are an interpretation of this vast and beautiful but threatened desert. Artists have long documented our stunning desert, drawing attention and awareness to the public of this ever changing land. The desert remains at risk from human exploitation, fire, pollution and climate change. The responsibility to advocate the desert ecosystem rests in all of our hands.

He has had the opportunity to study and paint under such accomplished artists as Jean Henry, Sharon Pearson and Nina Wisniewski of San Francisco; Bruce Weber, Jessica Schiffman, Terry Masters, Elaine Mathews and Mark Kerkoff from the Coachella Valley and Chloe Allred from Yucca Valley.

Grant recipient from Visual Aid of San Francisco

Juried Participant of Joshua Tree Exposition at 29 Palms Art Gallery

Juried Member of the Desert Art Center in Palm Springs

Participant in the Hwy 62 Art Tours

Spellbound - Joshua Tree National Park, 2024