Wilson W. Stewart, Artist
Who I Am
I am a visual artist living on Peaks Island off the coast of Portland, Maine, where I have retired from working as a Licensed Land Surveyor for nearly 40 years in the lakes region of New Hampshire. My maternal grandmother was quite a sketch artist when she was younger and I guess that rubbed off on me. When I was much younger, and she used to take me on trips, she would give me her old unused sketch books and field paints and watched as I drew. With much patience, and only a little guidance she allowed me to draw and paint what I saw, as I saw it.
While in forestry school at the University of Maine at Orono, my academic schedule allowed for one pure elective course. I chose basic drawing. I remember thinking at the time that I had wished I had gone to school for a fine arts degree instead. Life, as it usually does, got a hold of my free time after getting married and while raising two wonderful sons. No regrets! I count that time among the best moments of my life and banked all those experiences in journal sketches, for future artworks.
After my wife's passing in March of 2018, I moved to the island, permanently, where I have set up my new studio to continue painting and printmaking. I still paint what I see, as I see it. During the summer months, with Portland, ME and Peaks Island, ME as my inspiration, if I'm not sitting on a beach, I am sketching... actually I am usually doing both. In my new studio, I have narrowed my artistic interests to painting with acrylics and monotype printmaking, focusing on landscape and figurative subject matter.
Contact:
Email: wilson@wilsonwstewart.com
Twitter: @seathrupbp
Instagram: @wstewart1958
Represented By:
15 Epps Street
Peaks Island, Maine 04108
207-712-1097
info@richardboydartgallery.com