Ron Stewart

1941 - 0000

Though Ron Stewart was born in Brooklyn, New York, he grew up in a rural area of San Diego, California. As a boy he loved sports, drawing, and riding horseback. As a young man he worked as a ranch hand, caring for horses and working as a drover on cattle drives. Ron’s love of horses has been deep and lifelong, so much so that he spent five decades raising Arabian horses. His favorite quote is, "The outside of a horse is good for the inside of a man.”

As an artist Ron Stewart is both a sculptor and painter, working in bronze, oil, and watercolor. Given his deep love of and experience with horses, it is not surprising that horses figure prominently in Stewart’s artwork and that he is known for his attention to detail when depicting horses. Stewart credits his wife with encouraging him to quit his job to become an artist fulltime, his fellow Western artists for helping him along the way, and his love of and deep experience with horses for his skill as an artist, saying, “The horse taught me my craft.”

Today Ron Stewart lives and works in Scottsdale, Arizona, where he welcomes customers to his studio to watch him work. His art can be found in collections as far flung as in England, France, Germany, Italy, Denmark, Spain, the Philippines, and Japan.

CAMP ALONG THE SNAKE Oil on Canvas 15 7⁄8 x 20 inches

TRAPPER IN WINTER Gouache on Paper 15 x 22 inches