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BIOGRAPHY

Jacqui Stewart was born in 1974 and graduated in 1999 with Honours from Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University (RMIT), with a Bachelor of Education, majoring in Visual Arts.   After completing her first year at RMIT she recieved the Golden Key International Society Award for academic achievment in the top 15 percent of undergraduate students.   Jacqui has taught Art in Secondary schools in Victoria and Queensland for a number of years.  She started her own business in 2008; Bdrm Boxx by jaqart and is now embarking on her passion for painting and illustrating. 

‘I have finally started painting again after a 7 year break….and I am thoroughly enjoying it…. I will be adding Contemporary Paintings and Children Illustrations to a new website in the upcoming months’ 

‘The central focus of my paintings are compositions representing Australian history in a contemporary style.  My style is figurative and representative which has a spiritual and modern approach to the content.  My paintings are to deepen the viewers understanding of history by focusing on the deeper meaning’

Ghosts of the Kelly Gang and the Green Sash

acrylic on canvas, 91×121

The year 1865 Ned Kelly was 10 years old when he saved a young boy (Richard Shelton) from drowning in Hughes Creek, Vic.  He was presented with a Green Sash from the boy’s father (Esau Shelton) in recognition of his bravery.  Armour from left to right: Ned Kelly, Dan Kelly, Joe Byrne and Steve Hart

Hope Beyond the Window (a Stolen Generation)

acrylic on canvas, 91×121

Between 1910 and 1970 up to 100,000 Aboriginal children were taken forcibly or under duress from their families by police or welfare officers.  Most were under 5 years of age.  The painting was influenced by photograph’s of Moore River Native Settlement in WA.

 

Prison Boab Tree, chainless

acrylic on canvas, 91×121

The Prison Boab Tree is situated just over 23km along the King River Road near Wyndham WA.  The tree was used in the 1890′s as an overnight lockup for Indigenous Australian Prisoners on their way to Wyndham.  The tree is of cultural significance to the local Aboriginals.

Jacqui Stewart Contemporary Artist: All images copyright 2011