David Lloyd Stewart

David displaying his goods at Chroma

David Lloyd Stewart received his formal training as a part of his major in art at the University of New Mexico beginning in 1968, but many of his innovative techniques are self-taught.  His variety of style is a distillation of those cultures he observed in world travel as a boy, having lived and studied in Japan, Norway,
England and on both coasts of the United States.  A full-time professional artist for over thirty years now, he draws from prior experience as a commercial artist, industrial designer and illustrator .
               During the past thirty years of showing his work at major artfestivals from coast to coast, David has earned more than forty awards forexcellence of craftsmanship and creativity of design, ranging from “best ofcategory” to “best of show”.  He has participated in some of the most prestigious shows in the country, including group and one-man shows, and served as a juror
for the New Mexico Arts & Crafts Fair in 1996.  He has lectured to professional associations, was featured on a PBS “Colores” segment, and was voted “Master Craftsman” status by the Albuquerque Designer-Craftsmen even at the beginning of his career in 1976.  In January of 1999, he was invited to become a
member of the Board of Directors for Weems Artfest, where he currently serves as a juror.  His present gallery affiliations include the Weems Gallery, Just Imagine Gallery, and Chroma Gallery, all in New Mexico, Halcyon at Nye Beach Gallery in Oregon, Gilliams Center for Creative Design in Scottsdale, Arizona, and
Woman on the Edge Gallery in San Antonio, Texas.  Preferring to maintain a solid communication line with his local customers, he shows on a regular basis at the Tijeras Open-Air Art Market, as well as once a year at the Weems Artfest, the New Mexico Arts & Crafts Fair,and various other local art fairs.
               David’s devotion to mixed-media sculpture and handmade art-jewelry as forms of personal expression has been shared over the years with a love of painting in acrylic, oils and watercolor, as well as various forms of graphic arts. These diverse disciplines have allowed expressions and growth impossible in the confines of a single medium, as the artist finds that each medium continually breathes new life into the next.  His application of these skills culminate in unique works of art that draw on his inspiration by primitive images with a
whimsical, contemporary flair.