Jim Stewart, born in 1949, is a graduate of the Ontario College of Art and has been creating figurative and abstract drawings and paintings since the early 70s. Critically acclaimed artist in the Globe and Mail newspaper and the Art Review magazine, he has exhibited his work in Toronto and abroad since 1975.
His illustrations have appeared in international magazines including Islands magazine, Esquire, Rotunda, University of Toronto, Saturday Night, Toronto Life, Imperial Oil Review and In the Hills. He made a television appearance as guest artist on Rogers Cable "For Art's Sake!"
Jim and his colleague, Lillian Yee-Stewart, have taught transformative healing art to emotionally handicapped artists known as "Art Beat", as well as private clients. They have also lectured at the Ontario Headwaters Arts Festival.
Jim was also a guest lecturer at the Ontario College of Art and Design (OCAD), Toronto, Canada.
Jim teaches the Japanese martial art, Aikido (Yoshinkan style) as a seventh degree black belt at Georgetown Aikido in Georgetown, Ontario and instructs throughout North America.
As of 2008, he spends part of his year living and painting on Maui, Hawaii and has become part of the Maui art community. He is represented by the Na’Pua Gallery in Wailea, Maui and has participated in two shows at Viewpoints Gallery in Makawao, Maui.
