Stephen Day grew up in some of the most beautiful places in the West. He was born in Sheridan, Wyoming, and while growing up lived in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Aspen and Durango, Colorado. He always felt the wonderfully unique beauty of the West; but until he became an artist, he really didn't know how to fully respond to that beauty.Day is now a full-time artist living in Colorado. Working mainly in oil, he paints various subjects from life. But, the landscape is his first love. He says of his working philosophy, "I paint almost exclusively from life, trying to capture the feeling and the mood of the subject before me. This working philosophy forces me to paint quickly to get a spontaneous and fresh response, because everything around us (including ourselves) is in a constant state of change."Day spends about five days a week painting out on location. His love for the process of painting itself can be seen in his work.