Cima Dome Fire XII

Stewart is continuing onwards with his Tree Portraits series from his Dartmouth studio, which started over 3 years ago in London, prior to him leaving for Devon in late 2020. Initially inspired by the street trees of his neighbourhood (he printed over 100 of these at home in the space of 6 months during the first lockdown of the Covid pandemic.), these moved outwards to the parks and the wilds nearby, quickly becoming a conversation about our lack of connectivity with the natural world. There are now well over 300 monoprints in this collection.

 

In the past 12 months he has created large-scale Joshua Trees from the Mojave National Preserve that were destroyed by the Cima Dome wildfire of 2020; prints of local pines at Brownstone/Kingswear; deciduous trees from protected forests at Avon Valley Woods, which are under traditional husbandry management by The Woodland Trust; and also those from the banks of the Danube in Slovakia, that were photographed for him by fellow artist Eva Boda. Further collaborations with other artists & photographers are scheduled for 2023 regarding ancient trees, and Dartmouth's coves & beaches. The Tree Portraits series will continue to help raise awareness for protecting our environment, including through donating prints for various progressive conservation/rewilding fundraisers, both in the UK & USA.

 

Stewart has been a Printmaker for over 30 years,and was recently selected for the 16th Graphica Creativa Print Triennale, where the Jyväskylä Art Museum acquired his work from the exhibition. He also has works in the V&A Museum print collection, he has been selected for all 5 of the most recent editions of The Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair, with recent appearances at both the RA Summer Show & the National Original Print Show, winning the Great Art Prize at the latter in 2018 for ‘Alcala’.

 

Monoprint

35x30cm

Framed