Gene C. Stewart

Born in 1929 in Dalhart, Texas,Gene Stewart's art career may be said to have begun in his senior year in highschool. He was asked to paint XIT Rodeo scenes on store windows in Dalhart, Texas to advertise the event. Then he learned that paintings on the cover of Post magazine paid about $1,000 to the artist. The idea of making a living working at something he.really enjoyed appealed to him, so he decided to major in art in college instead of engineering.After graduation from the University of Texas in 1952 with a BFA in art, he went into the Air Force to fulfill his ROTC commission agreement. Not satisfied to serve the two years sitting behind a desk, he decided to apply for flight training. He was in the first all-officer training class and the first in his squadron to solo. ..He went on to become a.F-86 jet fighter pilot. In 1955 he married his soul mate, Joy Piland. Immediately after the honeymoon he was shipped to Taipei, Taiwan to serve a tour of duty. His wife was able to join him five months later.Having completed his time of service in 1957 the decision was made to pursue an art career. He took graduate art courses at the Los Angeles Art Center, (now known as Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California) for three te...

Education: BFA - University of TexasThree semesters graduate study - Los Angeles Art CenterProfessional Experience:Ten years as Art Director of. KOCO-TV.in Oklahoma City.Thirty-nine years as a fine artist specializing in western and wildlife painting and sculpting. Other subjects, including portrait commissions, landscapes, still lifes, and floral paintings are done on occasion.Thirty-nine years teaching art classes. Many art.demonstrations and lectures. Served as an advisor to.the Oklahoma Arts and Humanities Council. Art Gallery.owner and operator. Art show judge. Workshop instructor.Medium:Oils on linen canvas, brushed aluminum, or masonite. Watercolor, both transparent and opaque. Pastels and charcoal. Pen and pencil. Sculpture is done in petroleum wax or plasteline clay and cast in bronze.Exhibits:First artist to exhibit in the office of the Governor of Oklahoma. Western Artists of Oklahoma Show, Meinz Germany, and OklahomaCity. GeorgePhippen Memorial, Prescott, Arizona. Stamford Art Foundation, Stamford, Texas. Western Heritage Annual, Littleton, Colorado. Alamo Kiwanis Show, San Antonio, Texas. National Wildlife Art Collectors Society, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Wildlife Festival, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Oklahoma State Diamond Jubilee...