Stuart Roper
Fine Art, Giclée Prints
info@stuartroper.com
http://www.stuartroper.com
(828) 658-0126
Native North Carolina painter and sculptor Stuart Roper moved to Manhattan in the mid-1970s to attend the Art Students League of New York, where he studied anatomy and figure drawing with Thomas Fogarty and portraiture with John Howard Sanden. Then to Philadelphia in 1979, where he studied color theory under the direction of Gerry Wright. Moving to Georgia in 1980, first on St. Simons Island followed by Atlanta, his works over the next ten years included various commissions, both private and corporate, as well as a number of solo and group exhibitions. In the fall of 1991, Stuart moved to France, where he worked for the next 6 years, dividing his time between the regions of Normandy, Provence and Corsica. In 1998, Stuart made the decision to return to the United States, where he settled in Asheville, North Carolina. The Grove Arcade Public Market commissioned Stuart to recreate the original 1920s finials that adorn the top of the building, and the City Parks and Recreation Department also commissioned him on the development of "Grove's Vision", a station on the city's historical Urban Trail. He may be spotted almost anywhere, as he continues his love of painting the landscape and developing his artistic vocabulary.
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