About Steve Sandborg

Steve is passionate about the beauty in the world, and from a very young age started trying to capture it through drawing, painting or building things. He has always been inspired by landscapes, colors, shapes, the human form, and in particular, nature’s endless variety of fish life that he has experienced through his passion for Scuba diving. Over the years, he has traveled both professionally (during 40+ years in marketing and real estate development) and for personal enjoyment. While he has and continues to have great experiences in mountain and urban landscapes, it is his Scuba Diving travel that has been most inspirational as it has taken him to some of the most spectacular coastal and island locations throughout the world.

Most of Steve’s fish paintings are done in the studio with photo references after he has returned from scuba diving trips. During his diving trips, he frequently spends a couple of hours each afternoon painting when his observations are fresh from the morning diving excursions.

“To me, life is about the adventure of seeing new places, trying new things, and enjoying the beauty all around us. When I’m diving, I experience a sense of calm and intense focus. I love to study fish life as well as the spectacular underwater landscapes be they coral reefs or kelp forests. While I dabbled a bit in underwater photography, I found that I wasn’t truly seeing and enjoying my subjects. Painting them after direct observation aided by reference materials has become a standard activity during my dive trips. I tend to select a number of fish that I will study during my dives. Then I spend some of the afternoons after diving painting or doing studies that I will finish later in the studio.”

Steve is also an accomplished landscape painter. Working primarily in oil, his subject matter includes seascapes, harbors and boats, landscapes and abstracts. You can see his work at stevesandborgart.com.

Steve resides in Dana Point, California with his wife Karen and has shown his work at various juried art shows including Laguna Art-A-Fair, Dana Point Artfest, and the Back Bay Art Show (Newport Beach).

Contact Info:

steve@stevesandborgart.com
(310) 993-6918