Born in 1956 in Detroit, Michigan, but raised at the beach in Los Angeles, Steven and his brothers took to surfing at an early age. Steven has been a dedicated surfer ever since. Steven has been capturing his adventures with pencil and paint for virtually all of his life. Steven has had a long love affair with the ocean and nature in general, his many years of surfing throughout California, Mexico and Hawaii searching for the perfect uncrowded wave, as well as exploring the mountains and deserts of California, Arizona and Nevada provide the inspiration for Steven’s fantastic imaginary scenes. Images that some say are “believable, yet at the same time almost unbelievable” Since moving to Hawaii in 1994 Steven has had the honor of creating five of the images for the Triple Crown of Surfing events including the 1997 Triple Crown illustration, the 1998 Pipemaster’s illustration, the 1999 Pipemaster’s Illustration, The 2003 Triple Crown illustration, and most recently this years (2009) Vans Triple Crown of Surfing illustration. Original paintings wanted.