Steve Hickman has been an active plein aire painter for over 15 years and enjoys travel throughout the west including Alaska and Mexico with paint gear in hand. On-site works often provide information and concepts for larger studio paintings. His impressionist style in oil and acrylic is applied to a range of Western Art including wildlife, landscape, still life, and figurative. Collectors describe his wildlife paintings as "powerful - with character and soul".

Art education includes Colorado State University, Delgado Community College in Orleans and study under master painter/teacher Gerald Merfeld of Westcliffe, Colorado.

He is a signature member of the Plein Air Artists of Colorado and has previously served on the Board of Directors of the Western Colorado Center for the Arts.

Steve's paintings have won Awards in a number of Exhibits (list). His work is in a number of Private Collections (list).