Stuart Sheldon Bio
Instructor

Stuart Sheldon began reading dictionaries for pleasure and began writing poems as a child.  A self taught artist, Stuart began to combine his poetry with painting to make it more engaging, “because 8-1/2”x11” Times New Roman just wasn’t conveying the joy and pain, sunshine and rain”. In an interview, Stuart explained that his painting and collage work involves text, often scratched into wet paint with a chopstick, with the intention of remaining loose and keeping a childlike rawness where feeling supersedes thinking. 

Early on, Stuart spent five years on Wall Street as a vice-president of investments but opted out of finance for the MFA program in Film at University of Miami where his formal artistic journey began. At VeloNews Magazine Stuart spent seven years as an ad executive, writer, and eventually, a publisher. It was there his visual expression flourished, particularly as writer and director of commercials and the TV documentary, "Inside Cycling ’98" for the Outdoor Life Network. In 2000 he launched Streaming Media Magazine which won Folio's illustrious 2001 Ozzie award for Best Overall Design.

Acrylic Painting and Collage Thursday Evenings

Stuart Sheldon will be teaching a acrylic painting and collage workshop on Thursday nights from 5:30pm – 8pm for high school artists.