Visual Artist and teacher Jacqui Stewart (b. Melbourne 1974) divides her time between family life, photographing landscape surrounds and time in her studio painting. Jacqui grew up in Melbourne and is now based on the Sunshine Coast Queensland, where she lives high up on a mountain range with her husband, two daughters, pet staffy & guinea pig.
Jacqui graduated in 2000 with Honours from Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, with a Bachelor of Education - Visual Arts. Jacqui has taught art in Secondary schools in Victoria and Queensland for a number of years. Even though having a background in Art Education, Jacqui considers herself a diverse self-taught artist and primarily works in acrylics.
Her past body of work explores the simplification of various forms based on Mid-century design and High-end fashion brands. With an emphasis on using block colour, different tones to create natural light, Jacqui's work is fused between abstraction and representation. Her older works display a strong Australian narrative content which were part of a small series 'Telling Tales'.
Jacqui is now currently focusing on contemporary landscapes and photography.
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I have recently added paintings from 2011 which were painted for the Gympie Regional Gallery Gold Rush Art Competition. These artworks represents Australian historical events. My Pop art series will be finally available to purchase 2022. I'm looking forward to continuing painting landscapes and excited to show you what's to come!