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Artist,
garden designer and educator Eric Stewart lives in Accord, NY, where he
paints, designs gardens and serves on the board of directors of both the
Woodstock Artists Association and the Stone Ridge Center for the Arts.
Born
in Albuquerque, NM, Stewart is a graduate of Baylor University, where he
earned a BA in journalism and commercial art.
In 1987, Stewart moved to NYC where he pursued a career in public
and media relations. He
began painting in 1994 after returning to his native New Mexico to live
in Santa Fe. Later, he
moved back to Manhattan, where he pursued his painting in many forms
including fine art, crafts, graphic design, murals, set designs and
decorative finishes for interiors.
In 1998, Stewart received an MA in education from Hunter College,
City University of New York. He
went on to teach both English and art in inner-city public schools for
several years before relocating to Ulster County fulltime in 2001.
Recently
Stewart’s work has been seen in numerous exhibitions in the area
including Deborah Davis Fine Art in Hudson, the Woodstock Artists
Association in Woodstock, Arts Upstairs Gallery in Phonecia, the Stone
Ridge Center for the Arts, and various other public venues in the
region. Previously he has shown his work throughout northern New
Mexico and the greater NYC area and has been represented by Galleries Je
Reviens in Westport, CT, and Gallery SAI in Manhattan.
His crafts and painted furnishings have also been featured in
many boutiques and galleries including the Museum Shop at the Museum of
American Folk Art in Manhattan. Through
collaboration with Dragon Productions of Amsterdam, his set designs have
been featured in modern dance productions in New York, Holland and
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