Contemplative Creations
Original Artwork by Jack Alan Stewart
Jack Stewart has been practicing art since he was a young child. His experience
ranges from watercolor to oil painting, print making to etching, pen, pencil and charcoal to pastels. Jack has worked with wax, clay, cement, plaster of paris, pewter, lead, copper, zinc, marble,
granite, soapstone, papier mache and many different varieties of hard and soft woods. He has created two-dimensional works, reliefs and free standing pieces.
Jack's basic philosophy is that "All is Art". All that we do and all that is within nature is art. Art is a process where form transforms and reforms again and again. Jack feels it is a bit one-sided
to call art a creative process. To create a drawing, one must destroy the clear space on which one is drawing. A large cube of marble is destroyed to bring out the figure within. Art is both creative
and destructive; yet it is neither.
Jack holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Swain School of Design with a major in sculpting and complements it with a Masters of Art from Goddard College with a double major in sculpting and teaching. Jack
has studio and classroom space at the
Barnet Tradepost Wellness Center
in Barnet, Vermont. Jack's artwork is offered for sale through his
studio, at various gallery exhibits and at the
Artful Eye In
St Johnsbury, VT.
Jack likes to quote an Eastern teaching saying: "Tell me and I forget; show me and I understand; let me experience and I know.". It is the last part of the saying that is most important: the act of
living, being and doing. In life, in art, it is important to practice over and over again so that what was at first most difficult and unnatural becomes a very wonderful and natural act.
In addition to creating his artwork, Jack offers
fine arts instruction for children and adults.
Instruction is tailored to the needs of the individual student. For more information or to schedule a class, please
contact Jack Stewart.