Steve Behar is a narrative painter based in San Diego, California. His work has been included in exhibitions at the San Diego Museum of Art, the Butler Institute of American Art, and the Ankrum Gallery in Los Angeles. Trained as a psychologist specializing in…
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- 1984–1988I studied painting with Michael Wheelden, San Diego; and Patricia Patterson and Manny Farber at the University of California at San Diego· San Diego, University of California at San Diego
2026 · 101.6 × 76.2 cm
2026 · 36 × 48 cm
2026 · 101.6 × 76.2 cm
2026 · 121.9 × 76.2 cm
2026 · 121.9 × 91.4 cm
2025 · 121.9 × 61 cm · $6,000
2025 · 121.9 × 61 cm
2025 · 61 × 91.4 cm
2025 · 61 × 121.9 cm
2021 · 61 × 30.5 cm
2025 · 121.9 × 76.2 cm · $6,000
2025 · 76.2 × 101.6 cm · $6,000
2025 · 48 × 30 cm · $8,000
2025 · 121.9 × 121.9 cm
2024 · 91.4 × 121.9 cm
2024 · 101.6 × 76.2 cm
2024 · 91.4 × 91.4 cm
2024 · 121.9 × 61 cm · $3,000
2020 · 101.6 × 76.2 cm
2010 · 127 × 76.2 cm
2015 · 121.9 × 61 cm
2024 · 76.2 × 121.9 cm
2024 · 76.2 × 101.6 cm · $4,000
2015 · 96.5 × 66 cm
In the news
Online Gallery · 23 September 2026Steve Behar: Painting the Space Between WordsA San Diego painter mines psychological ambiguity to create narratives that belong to the viewer.
Online Gallery · 14 July 2026Steve Behar: Narratives in FluxA San Diego painter explores ambiguous moments inspired by psychology and midcentury media.Get in touch
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