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Educated Trinity College - Sydney

Stewart is largely self taught and has been exhibiting for close to 25 years, during this period Stewart has admired such artists as Fred Williams, Arthur Boyd, Van Gough and more recently Austrian artist Friedensrech Hundertwaser 'whose works and philosphy have fascinated me.'

Stewart has been involved in many one man shows and group shows and works are represented in private and corporate collections within Australia and overseas.

Artist's Statement

Joy in the Natural Landscape.

'I was sitting on the waters edge at Mallacoota wondering why my paintings end up so busy. You see, so much painting is reduced to the bones these days and then it occurred to me, life is busy, nature is busy.

There were lizards sunning, ants working, lizards chasing ants, birds resting, birds feeding.

Boats motoring, sailing and anchored, and leaves rustling gently in the wind. Men, women and children fishing and hoping.

All this was what I saw, but what I didn't see, was much more.

It also occurred to me that we all depend on each other iike the bird on the insect, the lizard on the ant, the boat on the vl'ater and with man presiding over it all.

Perhaps my paintings are a bit similar. The blue line depends on the red circle, which depends on the \vhite dot and so on. When the harmony works and I express my joy for the life in the natural landscape I have created my dream."

Stewat Westle