JEFFERSON STILLWELL
ARTIST BIOGRAPHY:

  Maui artist Jefferson Stillwell paints with a snappy imagination celebrating the wacky nuances of life. The new “Bark’n Fish” series is typically Stillwellian in its humor, command of color and imaginative characters and settings. Always exploring with different surfaces to present my newest collection of work, this keeps my art exciting and cutting edge. 

    In early collections; “First Impressions”, “Stamp Collection”, “Class of 95”, and “Animal Farm” I worked with multi-faceted three dimensional plains through the innovative use of watercolor on foam board. Moving onto canvas with enamel paint the “Cat House” show and “Sea Pig Revue” captured the excitement of color and humor that made two sell out exhibits. With my present series called “Bark’n Fish” I have taken cotton sheets ripped them in strips and re-assembled them into the proper effect I need for my composition. Of course there is always the element of surprise, but that is the magic of the technique.

    I received a Fine Art Degree from the California State University, Los Angeles, a veteran designer and eventually Operation Director for the Los Angeles Times Magazine division, Western Regional Creative Director for Watson Wyatt Worldwide, and Creative Director for Chromium Graphics Inc. Artist/Owner of Sea Pig Gallery in San Diego for several years offered a large volume of art for the downtown art scene. Also taught Annual Report Design at The Advertising College in San Diego, and was a guest artist for grade school classes in Oceanside.

    With 30 intensely creative years, I do have a considerable body of work. Presently I have two shows up in the San Diego area and one up in Kahului at the new Maui Art Central at 326 Hanamau St.

    My illustrations and graphic designs have won national awards and in print with a series of designs in Hugh Carpenter’s cookbooks “Pacific Flavors” & “Chopstix”.