Stuart Sheldon
Where You From? Where You Been? Where You Going?
Standing shoulder to shoulder as our kids sprinted down field last year, I casually mentioned to a fellow Miami soccer/surfer dad that we...
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Stuart Sheldon
- Feb 5, 2019
- 4 min
Didn’t Know What I Didn’t Know
“A distressingly large portion of the world doesn’t do you any good whatsoever. In fact, it does you bad. Casts static between your ears,...
Stuart Sheldon
- Nov 27, 2018
- 3 min
King of The Jungle
“Dust everywhere… and out of that emerged this beautiful boy with the bluest eyes I’d ever seen, holding his hand out to help me to my...
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
- 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
- Oct 27, 2016
- 1 min
Biggest Exhibition of My Life Opens TONITE
I’m proud of this show and hope to share it with you and everyone who loves America and cares deeply about fairness! I’m With The Banned...
Stuart Sheldon
- Oct 20, 2016
- 3 min
We’re an American Banned
Below is a reprint of my current Family Matters column in the Biscayne Times. My exhibition, I’m With The Banned, opens Oct 27 at Macaya...
Stuart Sheldon
- Sep 21, 2016
- 2 min
Smart People Being Smart
“How does a lie come to be widely taken as the truth? The answer is disturbingly simple: Repeat it over and over again. When faced with...
Stuart Sheldon
- Sep 8, 2016
- 1 min
Best Books Ever Written Solo Show Finally Hits Miami
After featuring these works in San Francisco and Dallas, my Best Books series finally comes home to Miami for the first time. See it this...
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....
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