"Painting is color, rhythm and movement. Being an artist is to experience directly the reality of the creative force in order to make it tangible to the senses. As an artist, it is possible to stand fixed in a place and watch as life and emotions move around you slowly or with great speed, it is by this practice that the work takes on life and character. The merit of a work of art is in its ability to transcend the physical components of its creation and to leave those who come in contact with it changed each time we see it."

Alan Stewart

Statement, September 19, 2008