Stuart was born in Fair Lawn New Jersey in 1952 and currently lives in Boston. He began painting and playing classical music at age five and went on to a long career with top orchestras in Boston, New York, and Hong Kong. In 1994 he transitioned from music to fine art where he received his classical training at The Boston Museum School, The Academy of Realist Art in Seattle and Private Study with Ani Graduate Joel C. Jones. As a contemporary realist, Stuart likes to paint still life, landscape, and animals. He specializes in comical still life scenes with a mouse interacting with an object. He hopes a viewer will find joy, optimism, humor and playfulness, as well as a sense of classical balance and beauty in his work. His paintings reveal that music and art are made up of the same ideas. Rhythm, harmony, counterpoint, balance, contrast, scales, chromatism, keys, high and low, dark and bright, loud and soft, colorful and dull, can be found in his compositions. He is represented by Tree’s Place, Orleans, MA, Jones and Terwilliger Galleries, Carmel and Palm Desert, CA Howard/Mandville Gallery, Kirkland, WA, Scottsdale Fine Art, Scottsdale, AZ, The Sporting Gallery, Middleburg, VA, and a few local galleries in New England represent him. Stuart is Director and teacher of THE NAUTILUS SCHOOL OF REALIST ART in Watertown, MA and is invited to do many demonstrations and workshops. He is a member of The International Guild of Realism, The Art Renewal Center, and the Copley Society of Boston and has won awards and been invited to show at The Guild of Boston Artists, The Copley Society of Boston, The Salmagundi Club, along with other groups and galleries. He paints everyday with his dog, cat, and 3 whites mice in his studio.