Stephen Haynes is a largely self-taught, multi-disciplinary artist and plein air painter currently living in Irwin, Pennsylvania. A lifelong artist, Haynes grew up amidst the beaches and cities of southern California, surfing, skateboarding, playing in punk bands, and creating flyers and t-shirts for the same. Summers were spent in rural West Virginia, where the artist would ride bikes and fish in mountain streams. This dualistic upbringing gave the artist an appreciation for things old and new and a love of the natural world. Haynes holds an associate degree in Graphic Communications from the Art Institute of Pittsburgh and was art director between 2011 and 2020 for Rotating Mass Media, publisher of Dirt Rag and Bicycle Times magazines. Haynes is a signature member of the American Impressionist Society and is considered expressive and colorful.