Sounded Like Love to Me: Why I create art

My mom and step-dad visiting me at Rich Haines Gallery in Park City

I know right out of the box that this will probably only be read by 8 - 10 of you out there. That's fine. What matters is that this blog entry is relevant to my motives, and that kind of insight helps me remember why I put in the hours to try and do this well.

If you know Chico, the city I grew up in (located in the near center of the top square of California), you know that it can have serious rain that comes in off the coast. I mean ... serious rain. Big rain. It can stay for days on end sometimes.

I love rain.

There's a feeling like everyone is somehow

Stewart Anstead Art: Excerpt from the interview with the Park Record newspaper

The following is an excerpt of a news interview with me last year by the folks at The Park Record:

Q. Everyone has a reason for doing what they do. Why do you create art?
A. I feel compelled to do it. That's kind of cliche, I know. I wish I had a better reason than that, but it's the same thing, like, why do people climb mountains? You know? Why do some people become accountants or