Down-to-earth environmental enthusiast, University course-designer / lecturer / tutor, family man, cheeky pioneer, human rights advocate, potter of fairy castles, AND ludology-focused PhD! This only begins to describe Stewart Woods – the subject of Archibald entry 2016.

My greatest hurdle as far as the portrait was concerned was his complex diversity of interests and expertise – it was difficult to decide what to focus on. I oscillated from thinking of incorporating board game imagery / graphics… but then leaned towards environmental ‘Stewart-ship’ … and then leaned towards writing and education and books and all things ‘Stew-dious’ … and then towards salt-of-the-earth pottery combined with fantasy which is Merwood Pottery – but I HAD TO limit my focus. It was impossible to incorporate it all! Dr Stewart Woods is the contemporary Renaissance Man.  In the flesh.