Elsie Stewart's Figurative Study of the Human Connection

Artist’s Biography:

Elsie Stewart's work is said to be engaging and sensitive, beginning in the heart of a realist while being painted with the hand of an expressionist. She was born in April of 1949 in a large stone mansion in the midwest. Elsie attended a private design school on scholarship with her major focus on Illustration, Graphic Design and Advertising before relocating to the West Coast of the U.S. Stewart continues to paint independently and passionately as she experiences her life as a woman and an artist.

Year of Birth: 1949

Awards & Reviews:

U.S.Bank Award for painting

Gallery Representation: www.Lawrencegallery.net

Artist’s Statement:

The primary focus of my work is to portray the wide variety of human interaction. I approach my painting with a genuine integrity, clinging to the basics of personal connections, both tangible and emotional. Which is to say, the people in my paintings show not only what is going on in their physical environment, but what is going on in their minds, what they are thinking, and what they are feeling. My work is direct, viable, emphasizing connections at an intensely personal level.