Born 1957 in Milbrae California, Steven was immediately immersed in the natural beauty of the California landscape. Drawing and painting began at a very early age with dedicated studies in art between 1975 and 1982, receiving a BFA from California State University, Long Beach.

From 1988 to 2003, Steven owned and operated the Curry Design Agency / CDA in Santa Monica, California, hosting clients such as, Nissan North America, Sony Pictures, the Academy Awards, the Jet propulsion Labs / NASA, etc. During those years, three separate works were selected to be archived in the permanent collection of the United State of America Library of Congress.

In 2003, Steven retired from commercial work in order to pursue painting full-time, moving to the Ojai Valley, California, a rich and seemly endless resource of natural beauty.