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Rejoice!
19" x 15" Fine Art Print
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Enchanting Keys
22" x 20" Fine Art Print
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Unity
19" x 19" Fine Art Print
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Price: $178.99
T.G.I.F.
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Graceful Motion III
20" x 23" Fine Art Print
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Graceful Motion IV
20" x 23" Fine Art Print
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Soulful Grace I
19" x 19" Fine Art Print
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Price: $178.99
Soulful Grace IV
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Whisper
14" x 19" Fine Art Print
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Price: $152.99
Soulful Grace III
19" x 19" Fine Art Print
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Ethereal Grace
19" x 19" Fine Art Print
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Flow
16" x 19" Fine Art Print
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Promise
16" x 19" Fine Art Print
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Soulful Grace II
19" x 19" Fine Art Print
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Every Woman
19" x 19" Fine Art Print
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The Scent of Love
19" x 19" Fine Art Print
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Graceful Motion I
20" x 23" Fine Art Print
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Rhythm
18" x 15" Fine Art Print
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Fantasy in Red
16" x 19" Fine Art Print
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Price: $160.99
Graceful Motion II
20" x 23" Fine Art Print
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Sax Seduction
13" x 19" Fine Art Print
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Sax Solo
13" x 19" Fine Art Print
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Trumpet Solo
13" x 19" Fine Art Print
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Sisters in Spirit
15" x 19" Fine Art Print
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Chilling
18" x 15" Fine Art Print
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Dance of the Summer Solstice
16" x 19" Fine Art Print
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Price: $162.99
Repose
18" x 15" Fine Art Print
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Wrapped in the Moment
19" x 19" Fine Art Print
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From the age of 4, Monica Stewart’s parents encouraged her artistic pursuits. While growing up in Oakland, California, this early parental patronage, as well as support throughout her school years, helped nurture her talent enough to get a four year scholarship to the San Francisco Art Academy. She later transferred to California State University at Hayward, where she majored in Art. One of the artists she studied under was Raymond Saunders, a very influential figure in her education.
Instead of getting her degree, she cut her studies short to become a flight attendant, and eventually raise a son. This left no time for painting, so her talent remained dormant. Some fifteen years later in 1990, with some time off from work, she had the freedom to get back into painting. Her renewed interest in art coincided with meeting a new friend and neighbor, best-selling novelist Terry McMillan. As Stewart recalls, “She’d come by and we’d talk about what’s going on with her. We’re around the same age, and I saw how she was taking what was a natural gift for her and making it work. She was the first one to see my pieces and say, ‘I’ll buy that!’”
Stewart’s preferred medium is pastels, as she explains, “I love the brilliance of the colors and the way you can manipulate them.” Of her work, and the predominance of women in her paintings, she says, “I have a good understanding of myself as a woman, so I do tend to paint a lot of women. I have a lot of girlfriends, and we talk a lot. So in my work you’ll see a lot of women interchanging, talking, doing whatever.”