James Henry Stewart

James Henry Stewart (b1934) was born in small-town Richmond Hill, Ontario Canada. He lived on the family farm all his childhood and actively helped with the farm chores. He started to learn drawing at aged twelve but abandoned art at twenty-one to concentrate on his career as an IT Marketing Executi...

James Henry Stewart (b1934) was born in small-town Richmond Hill, Ontario Canada. He lived on the family farm all his childhood and actively helped with the farm chores. He started to learn drawing at aged twelve but abandoned art at twenty-one to concentrate on his career as an IT Marketing Executive.
For the next thirty-five years, he rarely undertook any artistic endeavours, but after being transferred to Malaysia in 1989, his interest in art was rekindled. Malaysia's many shades of green and the multi-coloured flora stimulated his desire to paint.
On his retirement in 1995, he started watercolor painting of the local Malaysian countryside.
James likes to experiment with different materials and textures as he explores abstract and impressionist styles. In addition, he enjoys the challenge of traditional landscape painting. His motivation is his love of nature and the works of Masters like Monet. James is self-taught. His works can be found in collections in New York, Toronto, Kuala Lumpur, Cambodia,Sweden, Sydney, Perth,Calgary , Kelowna and Tokyo.