Stuart Sheldon
NOT YOUR AVERAGE BILLBOARD, The New Tropic
Local artist Stuart Sheldon has always produced art that pushed the envelope, even if that meant partying in a dilapidated gold house....
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Stuart Sheldon
- Oct 11, 2018
- 3 min
Two Months in the Jungle
Moments after the car honked and we kissed the kids goodbye for another school day, backpacks on their shoulders, I heard excited voices...
Stuart Sheldon
- Sep 12, 2018
- 2 min
We Left America
More precisely, as reminded by our local friends, we left the United States. We still live in America, Central America. Playa Grande,...
Stuart Sheldon
- May 29, 2018
- 2 min
I Love Libraries – Museum of Contemporary Art Miami Exhibition Opens THIS THUR, May 31
"The only thing that you absolutely have to know is the location of the library." - Albert Einstein I just spent a year as a ProjectArt...
Stuart Sheldon
- Mar 7, 2018
- 3 min
Like, Really Smart
A friend called me excitedly last year out of the blue. “I have an idea for one of your spiral paintings. What if you did all of Trump’s...
Stuart Sheldon
- Dec 6, 2017
- 2 min
We’re All Pink Inside
A few months into dating my wife-to-be, we hit a rough patch and I thought I’d blown it. Utterly devastated, I wrote her a poem titled,...
Stuart Sheldon
- Oct 25, 2017
- 3 min
The American Dream in Postage Stamps
To know my immigrant story, watch Fiddler On The Roof. My ancestors, peasants in Poland, died in Auschwitz and arrived thru Ellis Island...
Stuart Sheldon
- Sep 20, 2017
- 2 min
Dystopia the Beautiful – My 1st London Exhibition Opens Sep 28 – Oct 13
Burnt, Acrylic, American flag and inkjet book cover on canvas, 35″ x 19″ 2017. AVAILABLE. “I’m jus’ pain covered with skin.” John...
Stuart Sheldon
- May 31, 2017
- 3 min
Artist March June 14th
We each have a song inside. We just need a bit of courage to sing it. I co-founded the Worldwide Artist March because, in our so-called...
Stuart Sheldon
- Mar 8, 2017
- 2 min
Go Find Yourself, Go Fund Yourself
My father before the Best Books Ever Written piece he inspired – Thank You Dad, acrylic, book covers, paper, oil crayon on canvas,...
Stuart Sheldon
- Feb 21, 2017
- 3 min
Friday Night Lights
In the Emmy-winning series, Friday Night Lights, actress Connie Britton slays as a smart woman in a dumb town. In Dillon, TX, where high...
Stuart Sheldon
- Dec 14, 2016
- 3 min
Anger Issues?
“What are anger issues, Daddy?” My ever-perceptive 6-yr-old asked me this on the ride to school a few days ago, having somehow heard the...
Stuart Sheldon
- Nov 24, 2016
- 2 min
SCOPE, Art Miami & Superfine – New Paintings and more!
“Stuart Sheldon created one of the billboards, an American flag posing spiralized questions about freedom. To him, it’s about urging...
Stuart Sheldon
- Nov 6, 2016
- 3 min
The Silent Power of Art in Politics
Yesterday a reporter asked me why I thought art was important in politics. “Politics is people talking to us and at us. It’s words. The...
Stuart Sheldon
- Jun 9, 2016
- 4 min
I Am The Greatest!
“I Ain’t Got No Quarrel With The VietCong… No VietCong Ever Called Me Nigger” — Muhammad Ali, 1966. Political courage blazed in Ali at...
Stuart Sheldon
- May 25, 2016
- 3 min
The Other F Word
Late one morning, long before children, I sat on the edge of a New Orleans hotel bed and exhaled audibly. Inside my skull, a spicy Jazz...
Stuart Sheldon
- Apr 27, 2016
- 2 min
The Little Prince and the Big Boss
“Prince was no taller than me, yet he was larger than life. He had his own style,” my 5’2″ wife told our boys on the drive to school last...
Stuart Sheldon
- Mar 30, 2016
- 3 min
Do We Ruin Our Kids By Giving Them a Better Life?
“I’m bored,” my seven-year-old barked at me, as I flipped eggs one sunny Saturday. I stomped in from the kitchen and pointed the spatula....
Stuart Sheldon
- Feb 23, 2016
- 2 min
How to Face Yourself
My cheeky 6yr-old made goofy expressions in the mirror, raising his eyebrows and, finally, grimacing slightly. “Daddy, you know what I...
Stuart Sheldon
- Jan 21, 2016
- 2 min
Fancy Nasty Forever!
If you made it to the epic Fancy Nasty finale bonfire last Saturday night, hosted by The New Tropic, lucky YOU. If not … next time (we’re...
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