Anstead Painting - Snowboarding Forbidden Here

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

Skiing or Boarding in Park City? Rent your gear or have them tuned up at Aloha!

Thanks to Aloha Ski and Snowboard Rental in Park City! I am working on a new art series that involves used skis and snowboards, which have been donated by the team at Aloha. 

This is Alex and me in their Main Street location. 

They are friendly and prompt and do a great job, so if you're going to Park City and need gear or just need to get your stuff tuned up, GO TO ALOHA!

These guys rock!

Me with Alex at Aloha Ski and Snowboard Rental on Park City's Main Street

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8'x5' Commission Work Installed

Garden Path - Installed at Alpine Art Center

Garden Path
8'x5'5"
Acrylic on Gallery Wrap Canvas

This is a commissioned work by the Alpine Art Center in Alpine, Utah.

The objective was to create a large-format piece featuring a garden area that had become overgrown. It was created to fit a large wall adjacent the main entry that would becomes a focal piece in the reception area. 

Vaulted walls such as these can certainly evoke a sense of scale, but they can also be difficult to fit the overall design of the space without well-thought-out art or decorations built for the space. In this case, the interior design of the reception area features a

Anstead Art - Introducing the Landmark Series

THE IDEA IS SIMPLE:

Bring together themes and local landmarks into one piece of art.

These pieces have evolved from my early paintings on the theme. I have rendered many paintings of Park City and Deer Valley areas as well as snow sports and the athletes who perform there.

Now, this is the natural next step in showing the town and the sports I love … done in a completely new way.

I could describe to the slightest detail on

Anstead Painting - Snowboarders and Park City Landmarks in Art

Let's face it …

Snowboarders are gnarly.

THEY TOTALLY ARE!

They are winter sports savvy but they are surfing more than they are skiing.

PLUS - they have an attitude. They are counterculture and that makes them cool by definition, these days.

What is more counterculture than shredding powder trails all around the provincial skiing community!


Why paint snowboarders?

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

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

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Like so many paintings I do, I have always wanted

CONSIDER LARGE ART FOR AVERAGE-SIZED WALLS

Installation of a large sized 7'x5' painting onto a small entry wall

As you may know, I love painting on large canvases.

Why large art?

Well, it's simple: #LargeArt makes an impression. It makes a statement. It compliments a space in a big way.

I don't paint large exclusively, but so often it is the solution that buyers are looking for, and large paintings are not as common as smaller ones.

Here is an idea of how to effectively use large art on other walls besides #tall, #VaultedWallArt space.

LARGE ART FOR LARGE WALLS

Stewart Anstead | Art: LARGE ART FOR LARGE WALLS

Turn that large wall in your vaulted great room into the perfect statement about YOU!