Stewart White

Baltimore, MD

2016 Olmsted Grand Prize recipient Stewart White is one of the rare plein air painters using the medium of watercolor. His background in architectural illustration adds to his skill set and his paintings reflect his knowledge of good design. Stewart’s paintings have the pleasing combination of good structure with a painterly style. He is a transparent watercolorist  in the purest tradition of watercolor painters. Where as watercolor expresses its nature as fluid  oil paint is stiff and seems to want to be expressed in a thick and buttery way.

He studied at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn and after serving 3 years in the US Army he returned to graduate from UC Berkeley with a BFA. He works as an architectural illustrator and designer. His watercolors both in his architecture illustrations and in painting competitions have won him many awards. In June 2009 he was invited to teach a workshop in Paris on his techniques for architectural watercolors to an organization of architects. He continues to teach in Paris.

Professional Affiliations

Stewart is President of the Mid-Atlantic Plein-Air Painters Association (MAPAPA). He exhibits his paintings in juried and gallery exhibitions throughout the US. He is the Grand Prize Winner of the prestigious Olmsted Plein Air Invitational (2016) Easton Plein air Festival (2009)  and  Plein Air magazine's Grand Prize Salon. He was a featured artist in McBride Gallery’s June 2009 exhibit: “Rising Stars: 10 Artists to Watch.”  Stewart is a member of the American Impressionists Society(AIS), a signature member of the National Watercolor Society ( NWS), a signature member of

The American Watercolor Society (AWS) . and past President (2012) of The American Society of Architectural Illustrators (ASAI)

Website:  https://www.stewartwhitestudios.com/