Dan Steven

Born in Los Angeles California USA, 1958. My work is collected throughout the United States and Europe.

I started doing film animation. I won a few awards for childrens film contests and went on to study animation. From there, I went into painting. I've had several paintings used in movie and television backgrounds for set designs, one example being the film 'Art School Confidential' in 2005.

I am a full time artist living in California. I have been drawing and painting ever since I can remember. My work has been exhibited in galleries throughout Southern California -mostly Los Angeles, Long Beach, Laguna Beach and elsewhere.

I live on the California coast where the light has a bright clarity and so vivid color is always an important factor in the creation of my paintings. I also love to draw. I work in small, medium and large scales, generally acrylic on canvas and sometimes panel.

I like to work in series which have resulted in various subjects, from still-life, landscape and figurative, to abstraction and surrealism -but all with a consistent style and technique that I have developed over the course of many years. I continue to explore layered color harmonies and painterly textures in all my work.

I have attended California Institute of the Arts and Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa California.

Selected Exhibition History
2018 Huntington Beach Art Center, Huntington Beach, CA.
Annual open shows. Various paintings exhibited.
2015 Tin and Velvet, Anaheim CA- Paintings exhibited.
2012 AvantGarden art gallery, Santa Ana CA- Paintings exhibited.
2004-2007 Mardine Davis Art Consulting, Los Angeles CA- Various paintings rented for movie set-designs.
2001 Los Angeles Art Association / Gallery 825 Los Angeles
New members show. Selected participant.
2001 Hollywood Digital, Los Angeles, CA.
Various paintings on display.
2001 Paper Chase Printing, Los Angeles, CA.
Various paintings on display.
2000 Los Angeles Art Association / Gallery 825 Los Angeles, CA. 'Paint'.
Juried show. Selected participant.
2000 Borders Books, Los Angeles, CA. Various paintings on display.
2000 Long Beach Arts Long Beach, CA. 'Abstraction 2000'.
Juried show. Selected participant.
1998-1999 Orlando Fine Art Gallery, Sherman Oaks, CA
Various paintings exhibited.
1997-1998 Huntington Beach Art Center, Huntington Beach, CA.
Annual open shows. Various paintings exhibited.
1996 Casa de Laguna, Laguna Beach, CA.
Group show. Numerous paintings and prints exhibited.
1995 Brand Library Art Galleries Glendale, CA.
National juried competition. Se...