Heritage Christian Academy middle and high school students enjoyed a visit by nationally known artist, Don Stewart! Mr. Stewart is a licensed surgeon who left the field of medicine to pursue a career in visual art.
Dr. Don Stewart builds big pictures out of little pictures, sometimes taking up to a year to complete a drawing. His art is done with a ballpoint pen, and features brilliant visual puns. He calls himself a "visual humorist," and believes his purpose in life is to make people smile.
Here is "Cell Phone," which was a big hit with the 7th graders. They studied cell mitosis in science class. The last phase of mitosis is "telephase." Ha.
Here is "Cell Phone," which was a big hit with the 7th graders. They studied cell mitosis in science class. The last phase of mitosis is "telephase." Ha.
We thoroughly enjoyed listening to our guest artist tell about his life and work. Thank you, Don Stewart!
"Remember, your standards for excellence are already unreasonably high, or you wouldn't be trying to achieve the impossible - trying to make art. After all, art, to most people, is simply another form of magic. Like everything else, being a good magician takes practice. Fortunately, the best part about practicing drawing is...you get to draw while you're doing it." Don Stewart, dsart.com
2015 Award of Merit, Arts Alive, Douglas-Kennedy Center for the Arts, Florence, AL
Named Artist to Collect by Arabella magazine, Canada 2014
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