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Lee Stewart is a self-taught artist born and raised in Kashechewan, a remote First Nations community on James Bay in Northern Ontario, and now based in Kingston. He studied Film an d Art History at Carleton University in Ottawa, an influence that continues to shape the narrative quality of his work. The artist's grandfather was a veterinarian, and he and his wife loved to visit antique stores where they amassed a large collection of cow-shaped vessels that were used to pour milk or cream. After his grandfather’s death, these small objects remained throughout the house as everyday reminders, becoming the inspiration for this body of work. From those familiar forms, the artist developed a process built on repetition and refinement. Each cow is hand-painted with subtle shifts in color, line, and detail, creating variation within repetition. The artist describes this practice as meditative, a way of returning to the same image again and again until something fully resolved emerges. Paint chips, a material Stewart has returned to for the past 20 years, function as both structure and invitation, transforming commercial color swatches into intimate, hand-made spaces where family memory meets formal discipline. Show more