2013
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.
OUT OF CONTROL, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Bill Stone
Located in Yardley, PA
Out of control again. :: Painting :: Abstract Expressionism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: Yes :: Signed: Yes...
Oil
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
BOMBARDED, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Bill Stone
Located in Yardley, PA
What it feels like when you’re overloaded by everything. :: Painting :: Abstract Expressionism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist...
Oil
DISJOINTED, 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 :: This piece comes with an official certif...
Oil
BUILD 3, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Bill Stone
Located in Yardley, PA
One mild obsession with the construction of a high-rise. Phase 3. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Rea...
Oil
PRESENCE, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Bill Stone
Located in Yardley, PA
Someone else has joined me in the studio today. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: Yes ::...
Oil
1986
Located in West Hollywood, CA
In the work entitled 1986, the observer is greeted by an abundance of intricately interwoven shapes, pulsating with vibrant blues, aquas, greens, fuchsia, and red hues, delineated by bold black or white brushstrokes...
Acrylic
Released
By John Barkley
Located in Montreal, Quebec
"I am an experimental painter. I have been working on my craft since 1996. I start work with a conceptual point of entry and then work intuitively, in dialogue with the work. The art...
Canvas, Oil
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, CT
the painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Canvas
Fine Mess - Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting, 2012
By Craig Moran
Located in Boston, MA
Fine Mess 22.0 x 30.0 x 1.25, 5.0 lbs Oil Paint on canvas Hand signed by artist Description: An original oil painting by Craig Moran. This Abstract Expressionist style painting us...
Oil
The Vanishing Act
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Born in Lima, Peru, Victor-Raul Garcia was raised by his maternal grandmother with whom he immigrated to the United States at age 6. An abstract painter and collage artist, he has lived and worked in Europe and the US, and currently maintains his studio in Sullivan County, NY. His auto-didactic work is the result of a relentless passion to make his own reality, an innate resourcefulness and curiosity, endless days of continued experimentation, and an all-encompassing necessity to communicate through art. His art has been described as a subtle romance between expressionism and street art. By intertwining tactile and non-tactile elements through multi-layering techniques, he mirrors the complexities of his personal story, the absurdities of past and present history, and the altered state...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
"Dynamic composition"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
This abstract painting draws inspiration from Eastern philosophies and martial arts, capturing a dynamic composition where the artist seeks to balance color and expression. The fluid...
Paper, Oil
