henry stinson
Henry Stinson
Category | Medium
Painting | Oil
Country
USA
Artist website
www.facebook.com/pages/Henry-Stinson/134400483248418
Artist email
dhstinson@idaho.net
Painting | Oil
Country
USA
Artist website
www.facebook.com/pages/Henry-Stinson/134400483248418
Artist email
dhstinson@idaho.net
artist profile
Henry Stinson's world is not a world of black and white. His is a world dripping with bold, bright colors in richly textured shades of allegorical meaning and humor. His uncanny ability to milk a life-changing metaphor from a fire hydrant, a model's mood, or a toy robot is priceless in today's world. Gifted with the body of a power-lifter and the heart of a child, Stinson likes to do things larger than life and says his first real painting at the age of ten had been of a vampire. He's moved on from vampires, as seen by the title of his next scheduled show "stumbling towards enlightenment". Stinson lives with his family in Pullman Washington and gardens with the passion of a zen monk. Meditation and narrative messages of hope beyond the world of the physical senses lie hidden in his paintings.
my painting style
"I paint both the humorous and serious. A lot of my paintings stem from images in my childhood geared around an accident I had where I was electrocuted and died behind the couch – literally! Plus, my entire family is now dead. Mom, dad, brother and sister. This definitely has had a dramatic impact on how I view life and look for meaning.
I like to use symbols in my work that have mythological or spiritual connotations. I paint because I have to. It's one of my connections to a feeling of higher purpose. To me, my paintings always seem much better when I get out of the way and just let them happen.
I love the physical act of painting because of the challenge I have working to create the vision in my head – to manifest emotions and feelings through the use of color and iconic/symbolic images on the canvas. Life is symbolic. The symbols of life mean something different to each viewer. No two people view a canvas in exactly the same way. My vision is to try to capture my unique view - in all of it's fleeting glory and message – and convey it in as direct and beautiful a manner as possible."
copyright©2011 Henry Stinson. All rights reserved.
I like to use symbols in my work that have mythological or spiritual connotations. I paint because I have to. It's one of my connections to a feeling of higher purpose. To me, my paintings always seem much better when I get out of the way and just let them happen.
I love the physical act of painting because of the challenge I have working to create the vision in my head – to manifest emotions and feelings through the use of color and iconic/symbolic images on the canvas. Life is symbolic. The symbols of life mean something different to each viewer. No two people view a canvas in exactly the same way. My vision is to try to capture my unique view - in all of it's fleeting glory and message – and convey it in as direct and beautiful a manner as possible."
copyright©2011 Henry Stinson. All rights reserved.
