The Look Out (Painting)

About the artist

Jamie Stewart

J Stewart (Jamie Stewart Leonard) is a talented New Zealand landscape artist.  He specializes in oil on canvas and linen, building up numerous glazes of paint to achieve his desired look, sometimes incorporating up to 40 layers to create a scene with rich depth of colour. His work captures the beauty and essence of the New Zealand landscape, showcasing the country's unique and diverse scenery. J Stewart's paintings are full of life and color, bringing the beauty of nature into your home or office.

J Stewart is passionate about capturing the unique light effects and landforms of the areas of Fiordland, Western Southland and the Central Plateau.  Fiordland offers breathtaking and awe-inspiring scenes that J Stewart takes to his canvas.  The scale of the landforms in this region are almost unfathomable and the lush slopes of the fiords are continually activated and enhanced by rainfall.  These landscapes are in a constant state of change and flux with no two moments the same.  It isn't surprising that the artist has re-visted these subjects for over 12 years.

While realistic in their depiction, these paintings are also emotive and expressive with their distinctive mists resting on the landscape creating a spirtual mood.  Spending time with these works one discovers the artist has not compromised on details hidden in the fog.  The eye slowly reveals distant glaciers, birds in flight, tree tops and incoming rain.  This is similar to the experience of sitting still in nature.  The longer one contemplates the more life emerges from the scene around them.

As the artist describes " Landscapes are my passion. I'm fascinated by the beauty of the land and its spiritual essence.  I endeavour to capture natures absolute beauty."​