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Stewart MacFarlane
Australian painter
Stewart Angus MacFarlane (born November , Adelaide, South Australia), is an Australian figurative painter.
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His style is a pared-down realism (with expressionistic touches) combined with a surreality of lighting and perspective.[1] He often, though not always, places a female or male nude in a situation of erotic enigma.[2] He paints the Australian scene representative of Western society as a whole.[3]
Career
When aged 16 he enrolled at the South Australian School of Art, where he was influenced by the Adelaide painters, David Dridan and David Dallwitz.
He gained a Diploma of Fine Arts (Painting) in The next year he travelled to America where he had group and solo exhibitions, as well as pursuing his other love, music. In he graduated with a Bachelor in Fine Arts (Painting) from the School of Visual Arts, New York City.[4] He was a studio assistant of Alex Katz, Chuck Close, and Janet Fish.[