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DR. DON STEWART ’81
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Dr. Don Stewart
doesn’t regret his nearly
three-decades-olddecision to turnhis backon
a surgical career tobecome a full-time visual
humorist. He evenwrote abook about it:
PastMedical History: Recollections of aMedical
Miscreant
was published in2013.
“I drawwhat I call composite images—
bigpictures composedof smaller designs,”
describes Stewart, owner ofDSArt Studio
inHomewood, Ala. “Mydrawings aredone
almost exclusively inballpoint pen; they’re
built along a consistent theme, andusually
contain some element of humor in the form
of visual puns.”
This drawing, titled “AimingHigh,” is
Stewart’s tribute to theU.S. Air Force. The
work represents a falcon composedof aircraft
from thebeginningofmilitaryflight to the
present day. Fighters appear on thewings,
bombers on the tail, with support craft and
personnel represented throughout.
“I created thefirst of thesedesigns as an
assignment in [Emeritus Professor of Art]
Robert Shelton’s art class at BSCmy senior
year,” says Stewart, who graduatedwith a
biologydegree. “After leavingmedicine in
1986, I developed the style into a signature
genre.”
Hehas participated inhundreds of juried
shows and exhibits, including theBSCAlumni
Visual ArtsOpen in2009, andunveilings of
militarydrawings at theNational Infantry
Museum and theNationalMuseumof the
U.S.MarineCorps.
Currently, Stewart is compiling a collection
of humorousmedical drawings for anew
book,
fARSeMEDICA: The Clinical Humor of
Dr. Don Stewart.
Stewart
AimingHigh
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