LISTED CA ARTIST - BARBARA RAYMOND STEWART (1941-2000)

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make custom gifts at Zazzle "TEXTURES OF THE FIELD" - A VERY SPECIAL NAIVE PAINTING BY BARBARA RAYMOND STEWART Biography: Barbara Raymond Stewart - Painting Memories Barbara Stewart was born in Schenectady, New York on April 2, 1941. She got involved at an early age as a child actress on various radio programs. Her family eventually settled in a suburb of Miami, Florida. She studied acting at the Ruth Forman school as a young girl and eventually did some modeling. In 1959 she came out to California with the idea of breaking into movies and she moved into the Hollywood Studio Club, a YWCA facility for young, aspiring actresses. She has appeared in nearly 400 films since then. In 1968 she began painting little paintings that she signed "Lyn", (her middle name), which she gave away to friends and eventually the Ellsworth Gallery in Newport Beach took a liking to them and began to sell them. Eventualy a member of the Guggenheim family bought four of them and called them "The Four Seasons". Later she exhibited at numerous galleries including the Village Artistry in Carmel, the Copenhagen Gallery in Solvang and the Emerson Gallery in Encino, the Gallery Hawaii and many others. One of her paintings, "God Bless Us All With Love" was picked to represent Christmas by the city of Carmel in 1976. In the same year, four of her paintings were selected by a prominent art publisher to be put into their print catalogue. In her final years her works were featured at the Lyon's Gallery in Scottsdale, Arizona. Her paintings are in numerous collections. Her painting style can be described as primitive, naive, and has been described as "Grandma Moses injected with a little Wysocki or Streeter Blair." Barbara paints mostly of her memories of growing up in up-state New York (Schenectady). Some of her characters seem to be painted with a single-haired brush, but always with affection. She was asked by a prominent San Francisco gallery to replace Charles Wysocki, as one of their gallery artists, since he was not available any more. It was a perfect fit and they sold several of her paintings. In 1976 Barbara's painting and acting career came to an abrupt halt with an almost fatal car accident. Her entire right side was paralyzed and her vision was affected adversely. It was a slow process, but with God's help the healing process was complete and in 1987 she was able to paint again. Barbara passed away suddenly in March of 2000. She had been diagnosed with Crest Syndrome a month before. Click to see more of Barbara's work. Number of Items in lot: 1 Date of Object: 20th Century Title: TEXTURES OF THE FIELD Materials & Techniques: acrylic on stretched canvas. Inscriptions/Marks: signed and dated - lower right: "Barbara Raymond Stewart" "'96" Date of Creation: 1996 Creator: Barbara Raymond Stewart Creator: Nationality USA Creator: Dates Birth 1941 Creator: Dates Death 2000 Frame: Antique Guilded carved wood moulding , in good condition Condition: Excellent. Size: Canvas (Image Size) - 16 x 20 inches, Overall framed size: 21.5 x 25.5 inches. Weight: 14 lbs. Provenence: In collection of artist's estate. Gallery retail for this painting would be $1700.00 Winning buyer to pay $64.00 for special packaging, shipping and insurance inside USA. Shipping is USPS 2day Priority insured. Payment via PayPal only and verified account required. Winning buyer should respond via email to seller within 3 days of the end of auction. Thanks for viewing this item..... "Radical Bliss" from "Reflections - Classical Improv" CD - written and performed by myself and available on . Click to see our European and California Art Gallery read more

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