34th Annual African Festival of the Arts Featured Artiust brings acclaimed "Urban Warriors" series to Chicago
Stuart McClean, AFA 2023 Featured Artist with wife Denise. Photo provided by AIHUI. (African International House USA, Inc.)
34th Annual African Festival of the Arts Featured Artiust brings acclaimed "Urban Warriors" series to Chicago
There is something special about Stuart McClean's "Urban Warrior" series that moved him to admit, "It's amazing!" With child-like zeal, McClean, the featured artist for the 34th Annual African Festival of the Arts held Labor Day Weekend in Washington Park, sprang from his
chair during our ZOOM conversation to point out the exquisite detail he gave to the sneakers worn by a Breakdancer depicted in the large-scale painting that loomed behind him as a background image.
Trinity United Church of Christ, and Rev. Jesse Hawkins, Pastor, Cathedral of Grace, Aurora,remain substantial collectors of his work.
City's Fashion Institute of Technology, which didn't offer his desired quick ROI. McClean returned to leather crafts and created a lucrative high-profile leather business that attracted the attention of Patricia Field, Costume Designer for the hit TV show Sex in the City, who used his belts on the show.
At that moment, Stuart McClean launched his career as a visual artist doing one-of-a-kind original "abstract figuratism" works on canvas.
original painting done for the festival will be displayed in the Festival's Fine Art Pavilion for all to enjoy. For more information about Stuart McClean and the Festival, visit www.aihusa.org
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