Stewart Westle

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Good Day For A Walk
oil on canvas
120 x 90 cm
unframed
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Happy Days in Red Hill
oil on canvas
152 x 240 cm
unframed
Stewart Westle Market Day
Market Day
oil on canvas
90 x 120 cm
unframed
Stewart Westle Along Flinders Coast - triptych
Along Flinders Coast - triptych
oil on canvas
50 x 240 cm
unframed
Stewart Westle Another Fine Day
Another Fine Day
oil on canvas
50 x 80 cm
unframed
Stewart Westle Another Good Day in Red Hill - diptych
Another Good Day in Red Hill - diptych
oil on canvas
120 x 180 cm
unframed
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Stewart Westle

Stewart Westle

Stewart Westle Description

Stewart was born in Adelaide, 1952, where he developed a love for art at school. On
leaving school he committed to practice enthusiastically; he travelled throughout
Australia, Asia and Europe and, although largely self taught, completed several
painting courses on returning home.

His main practice has been painting in oils, although he has extended his skills to
include sculpture and installation. During his development years, Stewart was greatly
influenced by Fred Williams and John Olsen, among others. In latter years his
influences have included the art of Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Austrian artist and
architect, and the intimate relationship that Indigenous Australians have with their
land.

Westle says, “My aim as a artist and landscape painter is to express what being in
the bush means to me. My paintings speak of the precious moments when we take
time out to communicate with nature. The time we sit on the headlands and dream
about the future and reflect on the past, the times we walk along the lonely track and
wonder about the complexity of it all. The times we share friendship and just marvel
at the beauty of it all. It’s a wonderful world we live in, I strive for my paintings to
reflect some of that wonder.”

Westle’s love and enchantment for the Australian landscape and seascape is evident
in the colour, freedom of application and raw energy emanating from his paintings,
through which he has evolved a distinctive language for his landscapes. He believes
that his best paintings are executed in a near meditative state.

”My paintings speak of the precious moments when we
take time out to communicate with nature.”

Stewart uses his art to enhance his own sense of belonging. He currently lives in
Red Hill, a small town on the Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, where Family and
Community Involvement are integral to his daily life.

In recent years, Stewart has ventured into the world of sculpture, experimenting with
the use of locally sourced Red Gum, Driftwood and Glass. After starting with smaller
projects, Stewart began to make temporary large-scale artworks on the beaches up
and down the East Coast of Australia. These were momentary pieces of work made
from found beach jetsam that were washed away once the tide came in.

Recently Stewart was profiled at Yering Station Sculpture Exhibition with ‘S.O.S’; a
new form artwork involving burnt logs from his property, arranged in Morse code.

As Stewart’s art practice matures, his fascination with the shapes, textures and
colours of the natural world seems to be intensifying, translating into an ever-evolving
practice.

Stewart Westle Statement

"I was sitting on the waters edge at Mallacoota wondering why my paintings end up so busy. You see, so much painting is reduced to the bones these days and then it occurred to me, life is busy, nature is busy.

There were lizards sunning, ants working, lizards chasing ants, birds resting, birds feeding. Boats motoring, sailing and anchored, and leaves rustling gently in the wind. Men, women and children, fishing and hoping.

All this was what I saw, but what I didn't see, was much more.

It also occurred to me that we all depend on each other like the bird on the insect, the lizard on the ant, the boat on the water and with man presiding over it all.

Perhaps my paintings are a bit similar. The blue line depends on the red circle, which depends on the white dot and so on. When the harmony works and I express my joy for the life in the natural landscape I have created my dream."

Stewart Westle Resumé

Exhibiting History:

2023 - Sorrento Beachy Art Soirée, Manyung Gallery Sorrento 

2022 - 'A Coastal Vision', Manyung Gallery Flinders 

2021 - "Walk With Me" exhibition at Manyung Art & Design, Mornington

2019 - "Precious Moments Communicating with Nature" exhibition at Manyung Gallery

2019 - "Embracing Australia" exhibition at Manyung Gallery, Sorrento

2019 - Without Pier Gallery, Melbourne

2018 - "On the Map" event, Manyung Gallery Art & Design, Mornington

2018 - Gulotti Galleries Perth, Western Austra lia

2017 - Sculpture selected for Montalto Sculpture Prize

2016 - Sculpture selected for Montalto Sculpture Prize

2016 - Sculpture selected for Yerring Station sculpture prize

2016 - Without Pier Gallery, Melbourne

2015 - Without Pier Gallery, Melbourne

2014 - "The Colours of Spring" group show, Manyung Gallery, Mount Eliza

2013 - "Craig Penny and Stewart Westle" exhibition, Manyung Gallery

2013 - Paintbox, Canberra

2013 - Without Pier Gallery, Melbourne

2012 - "Love Where You Live" exhibition, Manyung Gallery

2012 - TVH Gallery, Sydney

2011 - Without Pier Gallery, Melbourne

2011 - Paintbox, Canberra

2011 - Manyung Gallery, Mount Eliza

2009 - Without Pier Gallery, Melbourne

2009 - TVH Gallery, Sydney

2008 - Without Pier Gallery, Melbourne

2007 - Art Images Gallery, Adelaide

2007 - Without Pier Gallery, Melbourne

2007 - TVH Gallery, Sydney

2006 - Without Pier Gallery, Melbourne

2006 - TVH Gallery, Sydney

2005 - Manyung Gallery, Mount Eliza

2004 - TVH Gallery, Sydney

2003 - Without Pier Gallery, Melbourne

2001 - First Settlement Gallery, Melbourne

2000 - Art Images Gallery, Adelaide

1999 - First Settlement Gallery, Melbourne

1998 - Libby Edwards Gallery, Melbourne

1997 - First Settlement Gallery, Melbourne

1996 - Libby Edwards Gallery, Melbourne

1995 - Valerie Cohen Fine Art, Sydney

1994 - Libby Edwards Gallery, Melbourne

1993 - Libby Edwards Gallery, Melbourne

1993 - Graphics Fine Art, Sydney

1992 - First Settlement Gallery, Melbourne

1992 - Melaleuca Gallery, Melbourne

1991 - Libby Edwards Gallery, Melbourne

1990 - Libby Edwards Gallery, Melbourne

1989 - Melaleuca Gallery, Melbourne

1989 - Reflections Gallery, Melbourne

1989 - Casey Gallery, Sydney

1988 - Casey Gallery, Sydney

1987 - Noels Gallery, Melbourne

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