Gary Stewart Schofield is a New Zealand writer, musician, television producer and artist. He is president of Global Concern, Inc. a non-profit organization with practical solutions for global warming.
Early life
Schofield was born in Palmerston North, New Zealand. He won his first National Art Competition at age eight. He attended Nawton School in Nawton, New Zealand, Southwell School and St. Paul's Collegiate School, Hamilton, New Zealand. At age 19, Schofield won the Yorkshire Art Award. He studied portrait painting with professional artist Tony Sharp in Scarborough, England.
Work
Fine arts
The Arlington National Cemetery Painting is the only painting on permanent display in Arlington National Cemetery.
Commissioned artworks
The Pentagon’s September 11 painting in 2002
The Pentagon Full Honors Ceremony'''. It hangs in the office of the U.S. Secretary of Defense in The Pentagon. The Congressional Medal of Honor Painting. It is on permanent display with the Medal of Honor at the U.S. Army Quartermaster Museum in Fort Lee, Virginia The painting honors the heroism of Medal of Honor winner Private George Watson in World War II. A painting of Iwo Jima, chosen for the 50th anniversary image of the Battle of Iwo Jima. The New Zealand Chancery, commissioned by John Wood, the former New Zealand Ambassador to the United States. The Earth from Space, for Defense Systems and Orbital. The painting hangs at the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Fairfax County, Virginia.
Portraits
Charles, Prince of Wales and Diana, Princess of Wales
Climber Sir Edmund Hillary
U.S. Secretary of Defense William Perry
General John Shalikashvili
New Zealander Jane Arnott
Lectures
American veterans at the Veterans Medical Center, Washington, D.C., on September 10, 2004 Wellington War College, Fort Hunt, VA on May 12, 2015 Australian veterans at the Australian Embassy, Washington, D.C., in 2007 Leaders of the US Armed forces in the Secretary of Defense’ office in 1997. ANZAC lecture on the World War I Gallipoli Campaign at Georgetown University in 2005
Books and other creative works
Iwo Jima and Gallipoli book
"The Future of War" segment for the book Future Vision in 1996
The Big Picture, a multimedia production at the New Zealand Embassy, Washington, D.C., on behalf of film producer Roger Donaldson 1994. New Dimensions educational television series (producer) "Science in American Life" for Fairfax County Public Schools with the Smithsonian Institution, American Chemical Society and the National Science Foundation (writer and co-producer). The Child’s World book Welcome to New Zealand 2008 (content advisor) Played opposite Tom Hanks and directed by Robert Zemeckis as an American Veteran in Forrest Gump'' in 1994
Honors
Honored at the Hall of Heroes at the Pentagon on August 2, 1996
Judge for the World Bank Art Award, at the benefit of the AIDS Crisis in July 2003. His work has been presented to visitors by Secretaries of Defense William Perry, William Cohen, and Donald Rumsfeld, and by Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Shalikashvili and General Hugh Shelton. His writing and art work are currently being presented by the US Armed Forces Foundation.
Music
• Musical credits: Composer of the "Orchestral Song of Sequoia" Performed on the Presidential Yacht Sequoia, October 24, 2003.
"Love of Christmas" 2008 released by EVN, Inc. "The Snow is Melting For Christmas" 209 released by EVN, Inc.
• Gary Schofield’s use of the English language features in McGraw Hill’s "English n the Work Place" and "English in Everyday Life" in both the books and DVD production. 2008
Current activity
Returning to New Zealand he completed a degree in Biochemistry and moved to the United States in 1989. He is currently writing educational programs for US students on Grammar and History.
Honours
In the 2016 Queen's Birthday Honours, Schofield was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services an artist and to New Zealand–United States relations.
References
Living people
Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit
People from Palmerston North
People educated at St Paul's Collegiate School
New Zealand painters
Portrait painters
Year of birth missing (living people)