2007
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.
STRONG, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Bill Stone
Located in Yardley, PA
Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength. - Saint Francis de Sales :: Painting :: Abstract Expressionism :: This piece ...
Oil
SEEING RED, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Bill Stone
Located in Yardley, PA
A series of bold paintings studying men and anger. :: Painting :: Abstract Expressionism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Re...
Oil
ANGEL, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Bill Stone
Located in Yardley, PA
A young girl gets a visit from her guardian angel. :: Painting :: Abstract Expressionism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Read...
Oil
THE RED DOOR, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Bill Stone
Located in Yardley, PA
One big, confusing search for the right door. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: Yes :: S...
Oil
SNAPDRAGON, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Bill Stone
Located in Yardley, PA
Thick, vibrant, oils on canvas influenced by the color, movement and texture found in the natural world around us. :: Painting :: Abstract Expressionism :: This piece comes with an o...
Oil
Passion in Red., Painting, Oil on Canvas
By QAIS ALSINDY
Located in Yardley, PA
Red is the color of life. It's blood, passion, rage.Vermilion is menstrual flow and after birth. Beginnings and violent end. Scarlet is the color of love. Beating hearts and hungry l...
Oil
Abstract Composition with Red
By Frank Shifreen
Located in New York, NY
These new works start from polar opposite impulses which juxtapose the purity and beauty of platonic forms opposed to impulsive muscular instantaneous painting. Shifreen internalizes...
Red Idol 2 - Scottish 1959 Abstract Expressionist art oil painting
By William Gear
Located in Hagley, England
This superb Abstract Expressionist Scottish oil painting is by noted artist William Gear. It was painted in 1959 and is entitled Red Idol 2. This abstract com...
Oil
Red Abstract Large Oil Painting
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Large Red Abstract Composition Artist signed, dated verso. Peter Kuckei 1938 born in Husum, Holstein Germany. 1960-1961 studied at the State Academy of Fine Arts, Bremen 1961-1963 studied at the State Academy of Fine Arts, Stuttgart, under Heinrich Wildeman 1986-1987 professorship at the State Academy of Fine Arts, Stuttgart 1993-2010 studios in San Francisco, California and Miami, Florida since 1963 lives and works in Berlin and Beckmannsfeld/Butjadingen. Landscape is the key theme of Peter Kuckei’s painting. However, he is not only concerned with its mimetic representation, but with the implementation of substantial concepts through abstracting formulations. Instead of reproducing directly visible phenomena, he draws and paints, with his own unique absoluteness, situations that evolve before his inner...
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Red Underneath - Textured Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Canvas
By Charles David Francis
Located in Soquel, CA
Red Underneath - Textured Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Canvas Textured abstract composition by California artist Charles "Dave" Francis (American, 1951-2018). This piece ...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars
Red on Red
Located in Zofingen, AG
In creating this piece, I drew inspiration from a surge of emotions and aimed to channel the vividness of life's passions. Utilizing acrylics, oil pastels, and colored pencils, I ble...
Acrylic, Satin Paper, Oil Pastel
Vibrant Red and Orange Modern Abstract
By C. Heino
Located in Houston, TX
Vivid and colorful abstract in tones of red, orange and black strokes by German artist C. Heino, circa 2000. Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. M...
Paper, Acrylic
