Jim Stewart

Artist in Residence, Back Issues, Departments, Spring 2010

March 21, 2010

Caledon artist Jim Stewart has been creating figurative and abstract paintings since the early 1970s.

Caledon artist Jim Stewart has been creating figurative and abstract paintings since the early 1970s.

Along with gallery shows, his award-winning work has appeared in many national magazines, as well as this magazine for which he illustrates the events calendar.

“I experience life as a spectrum of energy from essence through to the visible and tangible … I allow my creative side (right brain) to have free rein to express this life energy as I am living it in the moment.”

A graduate of Ontario College of Art, he also instructs Aikido and holds a seventh degree black belt.

Visit Jim’s web site: www.jimstewart.ca.

: Jim Stewart ~ Torso, 2008, 26" x 32" oil on canvas

: Jim Stewart ~ Subconscious, 2009, 20" x 24" oil on canvas

: Jim Stewart ~ Stretch, 2010, 26" x 32" oil on canvas

: Jim Stewart ~ Performance, 2009, 26" x 32" oil on canvas

: Jim Stewart ~ Nature Nurture, 2009, 26" x 32" oil on canvas

: Jim Stewart ~ Figures, 2009, 21" x 36" oil on canvas

Aikido (合気道 Aikidō?) is a Japanese martial art

Developed by Morihei Ueshiba as a synthesis of his martial studies, philosophy, and religious beliefs. Aikido is often translated as "the Way of unifying (with) life energy" or as "the Way of harmonious spirit." Ueshiba's goal was to create an art that practitioners could use to defend themselves while also protecting their attacker from injury. Read more about Aikido on Wikipedia.