Giants' backing for Wishaw exhibition as Bill's illustrations are a throwback to the sixties
dailyrecord.co.ukAn artist is holding his first solo exhibition of art and illustration with the backing of a couple of “cultural giants” – Sir Boyd Tunnock and Lord Julian Fellowes.
Bill Stewart, 60, a portrait illustrator who lives in Mossend, will be displaying his unique artwork at his Reminiscence exhibition at the Loyola Centre in Wishaw. “The exhibition is themed around the early 1960s,” said Bill. “There’s a big difference between illustration and fine art.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.
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I sit with the person and I sit and draw them on the spot, I kind of caricature. I’m a dying breed probably. “I’m a very traditional illustrator and I’m using the same vintage styles and techniques used by the legendary illustrator heroes of that decade. “I was trained in the early 1980s when Macs and PCs didn’t exist, it was pens on paper and the guys who taught me are long dead.” The Reminiscence exhibition will feature a host of people and historical events recreated by Bill. “You will see hand drawn illustrations that will be recognisable,” Bill continued. “Mostly portraits but other things as well. “A lot of times you can go to art galleries and think, ‘What am I looking at?’, or, ‘I don’t understand that’. “I’ve just finished one last week of the Great Train Robbery in 1963.
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