Unique Paper Sculptures - Paper Sculpture Art and Illustrations by Kristen E. Stuart, Artist

About Paper Sculpture Artist Kristen Stuart | Lodestar Visions

From Kristen...

The beginning story:  “It all started with a pencil...”

As destiny would have it, I was sitting at my desk in 6th grade, bored out of my mind in history class, when I ventured into sketching out new logos for Buick and Pontiac, driving me to create my own personal logo by combining the initials of my name. Thus came the answer to that well worn and familiar question, “What do you want to be when you grow up?”

When I was young, nothing was more delightful than when my grandmother, whom I called Gam, would come and visit each weekend. She would engage me in playing games with pencil and paper. These drawing games were fun and had an air of mystery and discovery about them. When the weekend was over she’d return to William-Smith College where she was an instructor.

Decades later, 2 years after Gam had passed away, I was doing an exercise in a Life Drawing class when I became aware I had done this same exercise before. To my utter astonishment and near inability to speak, I realized that my grandmother, an instructor of drawing and painting, had been teaching me college level drawing exercises when I was 10 years old! I had no idea what she was up to—until that moment.

So, here’s to you, Gam. In your honor, I raise my pencil high! For THIS, I thank you.

Professional Memberships, Kristen E. Stuart, Lodestar Visions

Northern Ohio Illustrators Society
Cleveland Digital Publishing Users Group - Painesville Area Chamber of Commerce



 

 

Bio Brief:  Kristen E. Stuart is a degreed, professional, freelance, graphic designer and illustrator owing much of her talents and experience to the #2 thing in life... the yellow pencil. In juried exhibitions at Lakeland Community College, her awards include: 

• 1999, 3rd Place and Honorable Mention for Illustration;
• 2000, Best in Show for Graphic Design;
• 2001, Best in Show for Illustration.

A sample of clients of Lodestar Visions: 

• Cincinnati Magazine, Cincinnati, Ohio
• Lake Hospital System, Painesville, Ohio
• Titan Tubulars, Nigeria, Africa;
• Adept Pest Solutions, Seattle, Washington.
• Peabody Energy
• Pioneer Seed
   (Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.)
• Page to Stage Productions (Ray McNiece), Willoughby, Ohio
• River Oaks Homes, Lake County, Ohio
• Prime Source Manufacturing, Chardon, Ohio
• OurPets Company, Fairport Harbor, Ohio
• K&B Enterprises, LLC
• American Radio Network, Northfield, Ohio
• Offset System Service Corp., Harvard, Illinois;
• The Security Source, Inc., Parma, Ohio
• Value Pages Magazine, Lake Co., Ohio
• Regency Insurance, Mentor, Ohio
• Township 110 Land Company, Montana
• Family Fun Directory, Solon, Ohio
• Gymboree, Mentor, Ohio
• St. Anthony Transport, Inc., Warren, Ohio
• Loss Prevention Recruiters, Painesville Twp., Ohio

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