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

Thank you to my first studio - 100 year old Harrington School

Here's my first studio … a classroom in the old Harrington School in downtown American Fork. It was
just me, all alone, in a 100-year-old schoolhouse of probably 100k square feet of ghostly excellence.

This blog entry is my tip-of-the-cap to the best place I can think of to start my painting career. I painted there for about 6 months, starting in

Asian Drug Cartels Can't Be Wrong -- STOLEN (AND RECOVERED) - Anstead Original Painting

ANSTEAD ORIGINAL PAINTING

TITLE: TRATTORIA DOLCE VECCHIO

MEDIUM: ACRYLIC ON CANVAS

FRAMED: HALF INCH CHERRY SLAT

SIZE: 36X48

STOLEN AND RECOVERED!

An Important Piece in My Body of Work and a Turning Point in My Career

I have had a career that spans nearly 15 years selling art. My work is in public and private collections throughout the world. It has been so fortunate for me to have found the type of work that I love that could also be a way to make a living.

This is one of the

Why vintage bikes are a great subject to paint

 "Four wheels move the body. Two wheels move the soul."
- Unknown


There are few manmade objects that are as beautiful as a bike.

#Harley-Davidson motorcycles, specifically, are remarkable.
A beautiful frame, options to sit low, extended out, and built to be appreciated.
Do you hear that? The motor makes that sound ... a sound that is copyrighted.

I have create paintings of mostly vintage bikes and that's because

Dixie's - Anstead Painting - Detail

Close-up detail of recently completed piece - "Dixie's".

© 2012 Stewart Anstead

Acrylic on Canvas

40x30x2

MY LATEST - Featuring a 1917 Harley Davidson

"Dixie's - 1917 Harley-Davidson"

40x30x2

Acrylic on Gallery Wrap Canvas

© 2012 Stewart Anstead

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Latest Anstead Painting - Park City Ski Vintage

Here's my latest completed painting:

Specs:

40"x30"x2"

Acrylic on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

Title: Off-Season

© 2012 Stewart Anstead. All Rights Reserved.

Like so many paintings I do, I have always wanted