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About the artist
Stuart has spent all his life being involved in the whole art process teaching, painting and drawing. He has built up considerable skill and expertise as an illustrator and art teacher, teaching students of all ages.
Computers have become quite important in Stuart’s illustration work and teaching. He believes this new technology could play and ever increasing creative role in artists’ work. This is beginning to be recognized in the National Curriculum in schools now. As a fine art painter Stuart has become increasingly aware of the interplay or even contradiction of illustrative qualities in relation to abstract elements of form, light and dark, system of colour, style and painting technique.
Stuart gives regular talks and public lectures on perception and the use of abstract considerations in works of art also working for various organisations and schools teaching art, design and graphics.
As a fine artist Stuart’s interests lie in the area of impressionism bordering on abstract expressionism In which abstract values have interrelationships and systems which can work against meaning.
Being acutely aware of the necessary involvement of the viewer with their own preferences, likes and dislikes making mystery an important element of viewer participation, Stuart feels that often its what you don't say that makes the painting more interesting!
He regularly takes commissions on many kinds of subjects in any medium, from portraits to computer generated illustrations which have led to some very diverse and interesting work.
Stuart uses any medium but is particularly fascinated by the spontaneous qualities of watercolour. He loves to paint pictures with ambiguous interpretations and delights in the viewer finding their own interpretation of abstract subjects.
Stuart feels art should be viewed on a personal level and is delighted if he can evoke different emotions in people from his artworks. Stuart exhibits regularly and is happy to accept commissions.
Background
Higher Certificate in printing technology, lithography and Graphic design 1968
B.ed{fine Art), inter Arts @ crafts. Nat. Dip. Design (illustration and graphic design)Goldsmiths College 1979.
Teaching Cert. 730, Cert. Ed. And P.G.C.E. Lewisham College 1998
Exhibitions:
- Limelight Gallery 2004
- Catford Town Hall annually
- Churchill Theatre Bromley 2002
- International sports car painting prize Bond street London
- Gallery K, London NW3 (Feb '99)
- Faifield Halls Croydon
Residencies:
- Art and Design WorkshopTutor For Age Concern South London (ongoing)
- Art and Design Tutor for Downham Elderly Health Trust 2003
- Resident artist for Albion House Lewisham (home for Emotionally Disturbed Adults 1999-2003
- Freelance demonstrations of drawn designs in Apple Mac software.
Commissions:
- Individual portraits, abstract paintings, graphic drawings/paintings for book covers
Memberships:
- Society of lithographic Artists and Designers
Talks and lectures for:
- Lewisham libraries
- Art groups and debating societies
- Open lectures on artistic perception and abstraction
Employment:
- Self employed graphic designer
- Reprographics producer/advisor
- Lecturer in Art & Design,(workshop)
- A.S. level students 6th.form college St. Paul the Apostle 2000
- Adult Education Lecturer, Croydon F.E. College (N.Dip.Desgn 1998)
- Design technology (graphics) Teacher Addington High school 2003
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