About

B. Rex Stewart -b.1972

As a painter, I employ a limited palette, thick paint, and bold brushwork (along with an occasional accidental insect when painting outside) to feature how light connects with differing landscapes and wildlife, such as the blush of a red rock sunset or the obfuscated haze of a cityscape. Through my interpretation of structure, color, and composition, I strive to impart the sentiment and value of the landscape in that specific moment in time and a sense of place. More poetic and less journalistic, my art aims to unite the viewers to their own experiences in a similar story.

For me, painting and drawing daily is a sacred and personal act, a gesture that is both natural and necessary for my identity. In the same vein, our shared landscapes, whether sandstone dome formations or a dry riverbed layered with traveled rocks, have provided a narrative for my life. Born and raised in Southern Utah, I was surrounded by wild places and rural farmland ranches that infused a love and reverence of nature. The union of my devotion, to both art and our lands, orchestrates a lyrical experience that I seek to offer in my artwork. Both art and the land contribute a unique voice in our shared story, and I aim to add value to the established tradition of plein air painting and highlight the inherent beauty in our wild places.

OBJECTIVE
Create paintings that inspire viewers to connect with Utah’s wildlife and landscapes in personal and
meaningful ways.

EDUCATION
Utah State University | Bachelor of Fine Arts | September 1997 — September 2001

Robert Moore | Scottsdale Artist’s School | February, 8th 2013 — February, 15th, 2013
A five-day intensive workshop that comprised classroom-type instruction, personal critique, and painting opportunities, including plein air, still life, and model.

Ruo Li | Apprenticeship | January 2014 — January 2015
Received personal instruction from Master landscape painter Ruo Li.

Portrait Society of America | The Art of the Portrait Conference April 25, 2016 — April 28, 2016
Awarded tuition-scholarship
Attended demonstrations and breakout classes featuring renown artists, including Gordon
Wetmore, Judith Carducci,Bart Lindstrom, Rich Nelson, Patricia Watwood, and Jennifer Welty.

AWARDS
2019 Bountiful Davis Art Center “Winter Plein Air” 3rd Place
2019 Midway Arts Association “2019 Plein Air” Honorable Mention forn “Sunrise/Sunset”
2019 Escalante Canyons Art Festival “Plein Air Painting Competition” 2nd Place for “Nocturne Plein Air”
2020 Utah Division of Arts Grant for Mendocino Plein Air Festival
2021 Salt Lake City Arts: Artist Career Empowerment Grant

EXHIBITIONS
2011 Alderwood Gallery “Up and Coming Artists Show”
2012 Missoula Art Museum “MAM’s 40th Annual Benefit Art Auction”
2013 Hockaday Museum “6th Annual Plein Air Paint Out”
2014 Sand Piper Gallery “Salon Gallery Show”
2014 Hockaday Museum “13 Annual Miniatures Exhibition”
2014 Ririe Woodbury Dance Company “Art Auction and Sale”
2014 Buffalo Field Campaign “Benefit Art Auction”
2014 Randy Higbee Gallery “6” Squared Exhibition and Sale”
2015 Buffalo Field Campaign “Benefit Art Auction”
2016 Buffalo Field Campaign “Benefit Art Auction”
2016 Plein Air Moab “Display and Sale”
2017 Hockaday Museum “Flathead on Canvas: Jeff Troupe and B. Rex Stewart”
2017 Utah Division of Arts and Museums “State Wide Annual Competition”
2017 Art Access “Plein Air Public Lands, B. Rex Stewart & Kris Lyn Heitkamp”
2018 Persimmon Art Gallery “B. Rex Stewart Solo Show”
2018 Friends of Historic Spring “1st Annual Miniature Show”
2018 Utah Museum of Contemporary Art “The Blocks SLC Urban Plein Air”
2018 Nostalgia Cafe “100 Exhibition and Sale”
2018 Friends of Historic Spring “School Benefit Art Event”
2019 Bountiful Davis Art Center “Winter Plein Air”
2019 South Jordan “Art on the River”
2019 Midway Arts Association “Plein Air Paradise”
2019 Driggs Plein Air “Driggs Digs Plein Air”
2019 Midway Arts Association “Artists Retreat”
2019 Spring City Plein Air
2019 Helper Plein Air
2019 Escalante Canyons Art Festival
2019 Red Rocks Art Festival
2020 Driggs Plein Air Festival
2020 Spring City Plein Air
2020 Ogden Plein Air
2021 Eccles Art Center “Petite Impressions”

PUBLICATIONS
“The Harmony of an Ultra-Limited Palette” Outdoor Painter (online magazine) July 2015
“Painting Structure in the Landscape” Plein Air Magazine June 2016

CURRENT REPRESENTATION
Persimmon Art Gallery, Bigfork, Montana
Evergreen Art Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah

PAST REPRESENTATION
Alderwood Art Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah

COMMISSIONS
2013 Mike Deputy, thirteen oil on panel landscape paintings for gifting to Salt Lake City
Chamber of Commerce Leadership Council
2015 Justin Deputy, landscape on canvas
2018 Reward fulfillment for a successfully funded 2017 Kickstarter Campaign “Plein Air
Public Lands: Utah” that included 57 original watercolor postcards and bookmarks, and 19
plein air oil on panel landscapes in varying sizes, from 5”x7” to 18”x24”
2018 Michela & Jack Perrone, landscape on cradle board
2019-2020 IP Marketing, Produced 61 landscape paintings for various clients, size 12”x16”
2020 Salt Lake City Blocks, Produced a cityscape award painting, 12”x12”

WORKSHOPS GIVEN
2015 Sandpiper Gallery “Workshop: Landscape Painting Simplified by B. Rex Stewart”
2016 Hockaday Museum “Winter Art Maker Series with B. Rex Stewart”
2017 Plein Air Public Lands “Composition and Useful Tools for Plein Air Simplification by B. Rex Stewart”