🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️☣︎🎨 HIV+ since 1985. Queer lefty old man working as a nurse at a local hospice agency in the Mojave Desert while surrounded by right wing knuckleheads and painting like a beast to keep my sanity . Moving here from IG to find likeminded folks .https://bsky.app/profile/st-wybenga.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/st-wybenga.bsky.social/post/3m27xc6c3r22hBorrego Springs 24x48 o/c02 Oct 2025 16:16 +0000at://did:plc:625wp2pecwtdfnylqbqwyaok/app.bsky.feed.post/3m27xc6c3r22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/st-wybenga.bsky.social/post/3m27x3bknic2h‪Mojave 63🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 🇺🇦 ⛪️/🏛‬ ‪@mojavegreen63.bsky.social‬ · 2d New Work up at www.stevenwybenga.com Highway 62 Open Studio Art Tours Oct 4-5 & 11-12 Studio 146 in Morongo Valley! Come Visit @st-wybenga.bsky.social and @chloeallred.bsky.social02 Oct 2025 16:13 +0000at://did:plc:625wp2pecwtdfnylqbqwyaok/app.bsky.feed.post/3m27x3bknic2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/st-wybenga.bsky.social/post/3lj26um34vk22Hey y'all! My partner Clay @mojavegreen63.bsky.social did a lot of work starting a website for my art! Please check it out! Thank you Clay!!!!!! StevenWybenga.com https://StevenWybenga.com26 Feb 2025 01:08 +0000at://did:plc:625wp2pecwtdfnylqbqwyaok/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj26um34vk22https://bsky.app/profile/st-wybenga.bsky.social/post/3lj266a2ygc2tAn oil painting I did last year of the stunning Anza- Borrego State Park . @anzaborrego.bsky.social . Used a limited palette of ultramarine blue, cad red light and yellow ochre. #art #artist #landscape #cactus ##desert26 Feb 2025 00:55 +0000at://did:plc:625wp2pecwtdfnylqbqwyaok/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj266a2ygc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/st-wybenga.bsky.social/post/3lidcbe4zgk2s"Casey's Restaurant- Homage to my Father". Another triad oil painting using yellow ochre, ultra marine blue and cad red lite. My father ran a small restaurant in the Heart side area of Grand Rapids Michigan. #art #artist #painting #paint16 Feb 2025 22:37 +0000at://did:plc:625wp2pecwtdfnylqbqwyaok/app.bsky.feed.post/3lidcbe4zgk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/st-wybenga.bsky.social/post/3liaoyxjaf22hAny locals want free lemons? Morongo Valley. We have a huge crop this year with new blossoms already15 Feb 2025 21:47 +0000at://did:plc:625wp2pecwtdfnylqbqwyaok/app.bsky.feed.post/3liaoyxjaf22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/st-wybenga.bsky.social/post/3li222gxzhs27Desert Water Tower. Another triad w/ dioxazine purple, yellow ochre and viridian. Fkn love triad paintings! #art #artist #painting13 Feb 2025 06:16 +0000at://did:plc:625wp2pecwtdfnylqbqwyaok/app.bsky.feed.post/3li222gxzhs27https://bsky.app/profile/st-wybenga.bsky.social/post/3lhxk7gy73s2iRock formation in Joshua Tree. completed this a couple of years ago. Still feel like I am fumbling my way in Bluesky. Not sure if I am on any of the art feeds or how to get on there if I am not. Appreciate any helpful hints. much love to y'all #art #artist #painting #landscape #painter12 Feb 2025 06:27 +0000at://did:plc:625wp2pecwtdfnylqbqwyaok/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhxk7gy73s2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/st-wybenga.bsky.social/post/3lhwha54xm226"The Green Ball" Painted this a while back of my 3 dogs playing. Ruby Stardust on the right, Bosco Nova on the left and Penelope Superstar in the rear. Have a new pup name Mars Peabody...guess a new painting is in order. #art #artist #dog #petpainting11 Feb 2025 20:01 +0000at://did:plc:625wp2pecwtdfnylqbqwyaok/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhwha54xm226https://bsky.app/profile/st-wybenga.bsky.social/post/3lhrxjpjdis26A small oil painting of the Mojave Desert painted last year (sold) #art #artist #landscape #painting10 Feb 2025 01:10 +0000at://did:plc:625wp2pecwtdfnylqbqwyaok/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhrxjpjdis26https://bsky.app/profile/st-wybenga.bsky.social/post/3lh3pues4222hA tonalist painting of the mountains in the Mojave desert. #art #artist #painting #landscape #queer #gayart #tonalism #impressionism #desert01 Feb 2025 04:54 +0000at://did:plc:625wp2pecwtdfnylqbqwyaok/app.bsky.feed.post/3lh3pues4222hhttps://bsky.app/profile/st-wybenga.bsky.social/post/3lh37l4xcps2p"Medusa" 2022 sold this a while back. Really loved how this oil painting turned out. Appreciate the support y'all! #art #painting #artist #painter #nurse #queer01 Feb 2025 00:03 +0000at://did:plc:625wp2pecwtdfnylqbqwyaok/app.bsky.feed.post/3lh37l4xcps2phttps://bsky.app/profile/st-wybenga.bsky.social/post/3lh2pl3gnbs2zAn imprimatura I did a while back the was sold to a very dear friend. #art #ufo #aliens #art #artist #queer #artist31 Jan 2025 19:16 +0000at://did:plc:625wp2pecwtdfnylqbqwyaok/app.bsky.feed.post/3lh2pl3gnbs2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/st-wybenga.bsky.social/post/3lh2jpncr4c2tAnother oil painting of Joshua Tree from about 5 years ago. Its fun to look back and see how my paintings have developed. Hope you enjoy #art #artist #joshuatree #landscape #impressionist31 Jan 2025 17:31 +0000at://did:plc:625wp2pecwtdfnylqbqwyaok/app.bsky.feed.post/3lh2jpncr4c2thttps://bsky.app/profile/st-wybenga.bsky.social/post/3lgyinhdmdk23An oil painting from about 5 years ago of the Morongo Valley Preserve. Hope ya dig! @bsky.art #mountains #art #artist #landscape #painting #oilpainting #impressionism #queer #gayartist30 Jan 2025 22:07 +0000at://did:plc:625wp2pecwtdfnylqbqwyaok/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgyinhdmdk23https://bsky.app/profile/st-wybenga.bsky.social/post/3lgyal4edl22jHello everyone. So good to be here on Bluesky. This is a small painting I did a couple of years back of Goat Mountain in Landers of Mojave Desert. @bsky.art #art #artist #desert #mojave #painting #oilpainting #impressionist #gayartist #queer30 Jan 2025 19:42 +0000at://did:plc:625wp2pecwtdfnylqbqwyaok/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgyal4edl22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/st-wybenga.bsky.social/post/3lgh5e4ej6s2yDesert Water Tower 2023. Another triad with dioxazine purple, yellow ochre and viridian. Who knew that blues are possible when mixing purple and green?! #watertower #art #artist #painting #landscape #queer #gay #beunpopular24 Jan 2025 00:30 +0000at://did:plc:625wp2pecwtdfnylqbqwyaok/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgh5e4ej6s2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/st-wybenga.bsky.social/post/3lgecpyhe4c2b22 Jan 2025 21:28 +0000at://did:plc:625wp2pecwtdfnylqbqwyaok/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgecpyhe4c2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/st-wybenga.bsky.social/post/3lgcnhj62z22oJust sayin..... #Dante #hell22 Jan 2025 05:35 +0000at://did:plc:625wp2pecwtdfnylqbqwyaok/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgcnhj62z22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/st-wybenga.bsky.social/post/3lg2iglk62s2t"Spellbound" Joshua Tree National Park. Another triad painting using dioxazine purple, viridian and yellow ochre along with titanium zinc white. The triads are really helping me with color mixing! #art #triad #landscape #impressionist18 Jan 2025 23:43 +0000at://did:plc:625wp2pecwtdfnylqbqwyaok/app.bsky.feed.post/3lg2iglk62s2thttps://bsky.app/profile/st-wybenga.bsky.social/post/3lfymdsv2fs2m"The Green Ball" a painting I did of our 3 dogs Bosco Nova on the left, Penelope Superstar in the rear and Ruby Stardust on the right. #dogs #puppy #dogpainting18 Jan 2025 05:48 +0000at://did:plc:625wp2pecwtdfnylqbqwyaok/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfymdsv2fs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/st-wybenga.bsky.social/post/3lfxrzmzbek25Moving my profile over from IG one painting at a time. Here is a drapery study I painted last year...had not really painted drapery before so was pretty happy how it turned out. Glad to be here on Bluesky with like minded folk and feeling the support. Much appreciated y'all. #painting #drapery17 Jan 2025 21:57 +0000at://did:plc:625wp2pecwtdfnylqbqwyaok/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfxrzmzbek25https://bsky.app/profile/st-wybenga.bsky.social/post/3lfvtymqbs22jMojave Desert Nocturne Used a triad of yellow ochre, ultramarine blue and Terre rosa for this painting. #triadpainting #oilpainting #desertlandscape #triad17 Jan 2025 03:27 +0000at://did:plc:625wp2pecwtdfnylqbqwyaok/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfvtymqbs22j