Hi, I’m Jacqui and welcome to my creative world. I’m a painter, photographer, wife and mother to my wonderful daughters Ava & Isla.
Art and creating has always been a part of my life, my earliest memory of painting was in Kindergarten. A vivid memory standing on the lino floor in front of a very large easel with primary colour paints in paint cup holders and long paintbrushes. I was so eager to paint my Grandpa who I adored…a large circle with stick legs and arms…my first portrait and a very proud 4 year old.
I soon discovered at a young age, painting or drawing was my happy place. Photography came later on during my teen years and University which opened up another form of creativity and passion focusing of mindful photography.
bio
Resides - Sunshine Coast, Qld, Australia
Visual Artist Jacqui Stewart divides her time between family life, photographing landscape surrounds and time in her studio painting. Jacqui grew up in Melbourne and is now based on the Sunshine Coast Queensland.
Jacqui considers herself a self-taught artist despite graduating with a Bachelor of Education - Visual Arts from Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.
Jacqui has taught art in Secondary schools in Victoria and Queensland for a number of years. Having a background in Art Education, Jacqui is a diverse artist but primarily works in acrylics. She adopted a modernist, figurative approach to her previous paintings and her older works displays a strong Australian narrative content.
Jacqui currently works from her home studio focusing on contemporary landscape painting, photography and curating & hosting Painters Bloom; a studio stay situated on the Sunshine Coast Ninderry Range.
EDUCATION
1996 - 1999 RMIT - Bachelor of Education with Honours;
Visual Arts P-12 (Visual Perception & Photography, Painting, Drawing, Visual Arts Methods)
Health P-12 | Physical Education P-10
Primary Education P-6
ACHIEVEMENTS
2017 Footsquare Finalist, In Clear View, Aspire Gallery, Paddington Brisbane
2016 Finalist, Sweet & Juicy, Lethbridge 10000 Small Scale Award, Brisbane
1996 Golden Key International Society Award for academic achievement, RMIT
1993 Exceptional Service Award - Ski Instructing Blue Cow Mountain, NSW
1993 Level 1 CSIA Ski Instructing Certificate, Mt Washington, Canada
