2003
Prolific American painter Bill Stone portrays a world that is bursting with color. He is known for his vivid abstract paintings, each a study of the interplay between color, texture and movement. He views painting as not only a physical and mental exercise but a spiritual one, with each piece functioning as a portal to another space and time.
Stone was born in 1958 and grew up in rural Massachusetts. He studied fine and commercial art at the Vesper George School of Art in Boston and began a graphic design career, initially working at a magazine publisher. He soon became a creative art director at an international advertising agency based in Chicago. The fast-paced nature of this work, which involved creating television commercial storyboards, influenced Stone’s approach to his art. Like in advertising, his goal is to capture and hold people’s attention.
Stone began exhibiting his artwork in 2004, garnering acclaim for his rich use of color and bold paint strokes. His paintings invite the viewer to become lost in their engrossing visual quality and reflect on their emotional response. Stone cites artists like Pablo Picasso, Vincent van Gogh and Claude Monet as inspirations. He was particularly struck by van Gogh’s The Starry Night when he saw it at the Museum of Modern Art in New York as a child.
Stone paints by using thick oils on canvas. His process begins with flowing lines that keep the eye moving around the canvas as if in a hypnotic trance. He then layers the painting with a depth of color that encourages the viewer to see something new every time.
Stone’s dynamic paintings are exhibited in hotels, restaurants, wineries, public spaces and private homes worldwide. He currently works out of a studio in Colorado Springs and takes inspiration from its beautiful natural surroundings.
On 1stDibs, find an extensive collection of Bill Stone’s paintings.
DEFINITE WINTER, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Bill Stone
Located in Yardley, PA
Plein air painting on a bitterly cold morning in the forest preserve. :: Painting :: Impressionist :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the arti...
Oil
chill, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Thong Le
Located in Yardley, PA
chill day :: Painting :: Impressionist :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: Yes :: Signed: Yes :: Signature Locatio...
Oil
The Mother Tree, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Gill Bustamante
Located in Yardley, PA
The Mother Tree is a very large, impasto, semi-abstract oil painting of a tree in a bluebell wood with deer. It is 60x36x1.5 inches. A Mother tree is a matriarch tree in any woodland...
Oil
FALLEN TREE, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Bill Stone
Located in Yardley, PA
The other trees stand guard over their fallen comrade. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang:...
Oil
BEFORE THE FALL, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Bill Stone
Located in Yardley, PA
The final moments before the leaves fall to the ground. (Side-stapled canvas, should be framed.) :: Painting :: Impressionist :: This piece comes with an official certificate of auth...
Oil
Tree, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Elena Sokolova
Located in Yardley, PA
Landscape with a tree, painted by oil on canvas :: Painting :: Impressionist :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: Y...
Oil
Tree In Winter
Located in Sheffield, MA
Mabel Spencer Peterson American, 1886-1953 Tree In Winter Oil on canvas 16 by 20 ¼ in, w/ frame 24 by 28 in Signed lower right Born in Dunlap, Elkhart County, Indiana as the eldest...
Oil
Tree in Winter
By Donald Beal
Located in Atlanta, GA
We are obsessed with the brilliance of Donald Beal's paintings, and we think you will be, too. The color and sense of light that unites all of his paintings project an unforgettable ...
Oil, Wood Panel
Landscape with Tree
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Landscape with Tree" c.1950 is an oil painting on hardboard by British/American artist Julius Maximilian Delbos, 1879-1970. It is signed at the lower left corner. The hardboard size is 12 x 10 inches, framed size is 22.25 x 20.25 inches. Custom framed in a wooden gold frame, with fabric liner. It is in excellent condition. About the artist: Julius M. Delbos, born in 1879 in London, England, was a landscape painter, teacher, and lecturer. He was elected an Associate of the National Academy of Design, New York City, in 1945, an Academician in 1948. He was also a member of the American Watercolor Society; the New York Watercolor Club; the Society of Graphic Art; Old Dudley Art Society, London; American Artists Professional League; National Arts Club; and the Century Club...
Oil
Lone Pine, Oil Painting
By Crystal DiPietro
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
On a solo hike, I passed through some beautiful aspen groves. It was early morning and the sunlight was filtering in behind. I noticed a lone, small pine grow...
Oil
The Season, Oil Painting
By George Peebles
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A serene and mysterious atmosphere envelops a snow-covered landscape. Traces of grass dot the foreground, while a shroud of fog softly blurs the distant tree ...
Oil
Tree with Bare Branches
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Gregory Sumida. “Tree with Bare Branches” is a landscape painting, watercolor on paper in an earth-tone palette by American artist Gregory Sumida. The artwork is signed...
Watercolor
