James Stewart

Having worked in accounting for 20 years, mostly for creative businesses, in 2003 I set up the Zimmer Stewart Gallery with John ZImmer in Arundel, West Sussex to promote contemporary art by living artists (mostly from the South East, many from Sussex).

My business background gives me the financial confidence to take some risks in some exhibitions and so allows me to show a real mix of work from safe commercial pieces to more experimental edgier pieces.

Art should be thought provoking and have depth, it can then be seen on multiple levels - purely decorative, meaningful, evocative etc.

Well placed art in the workplace can make an office a "talking point" - a place which reinforces corporate culture and marketing efforts, whilst at the same time delighting clients and motivating staff.

With prices ranging from under £100.00 for a framed print, we can source and select work to fit most budgets.

In 2009 I was a judge in the National Open Art Competition alongside Gavin Turk and Catherine Lampert and in 2010 judged West Sussex Artist of the Year with the Editior in Chief of Sussex Newspapers.

At the gallery we also provide an Art Gift Registry Service, which has been used for weddings, retirement and birthday present lists.

Specialties

Client liaison, exhibition curating, a "good eye", marketing, PR, online promotion, accounting, art exhibition for events, art for offices, art in the workplace, wedding/retirement/anniversary gift lists.