Amar Stewart

Amar grew up about 90 minutes north of London in a small town called Leamington Spa.  Early on, he began to gain interest in drawing and would recreate comic book covers in his sketchbook.  Over time, the sketchbook doodles morphed into a desire to paint anything and everything around him.  At this point, he still didn’t know what he wanted to do, but he knew that he wanted to create.  And as a quiet, often shy kid, Amar quickly learned that his creative interests were a great way to express himself and pay homage to his inspirations. 

He started to get serious about painting in his early twenties.  For several years, he experimented with different mediums ranging from water colors, pencil, chalk, acrylic, and aerosol. Eventually, he experimented with oil and instantly loved how the more traditional style of paint worked for him.  And with his first big collection, The Masters, featuring famous Hip-Hop artists dressed as 17th century aristocrats, the traditional aesthetic of oil paint was the perfect match.  In 2014, Amar made the move across the Atlantic to New York, the birthplace of Hip-Hop to continue his career in a setting that lives and breathes the inspiration for his works. 

Amar now resides in the Mountains of Asheville, North Carolina where he is exploring stereoscopic 3D painting using iconic movies as his inspiration taking him back to his childhood sketchbook doodles.

The New York Times - “How Amar Stewart, Hip-Hop painter and Cancer Survivor, Spends His Sunday’s.