Lois Stone
Biographical Info Originally from Birmingham, AL my family moved to Chicago during the early sixties. I attended Catholic schools for both my elementary and high school education. After graduating from Academy of Our Lady High School, I attended the University of Illinois at Chicago. I have lived and worked in the Bronzeville community for the past thirty-eight years. My art studies began at Ray-Vogue College of Design, where I learned… I also have taken adult continuing education classes focusing on… at the Art Institute of Chicago. Additionally, I have completed a Curatorial Program offered through the Hyde Park Art Center and University of Chicago. In 1987, I received designation as an Illinois Artisan. The designation afforded me the opportunity to be one of the artists selected to exhibit their work at the Illinois Artisan Gift Shop in Thompson Center in Chicago and the Illinois State Gift Shops in Springfield. I opened Stone Art Supply in 2010. Stone Art Supply is an online store, which carries brand name Fine Art, Drafting, and Craft supplies for the beginner or the professional artist. In 2018 I took a year- long course in abstract art with Nancy Hillis in Santa Monica, CA, where I learned the … technique. I am a member of an artist group, ArtNXTLevel as well as a member of Phantom Gallery Chicago. Being a part of an artist collective has helped me to strengthen my own artistic practice. ( Tell the reader how it has strengthened your practice). My artwork began primarily in watercolor however, I quickly expanded to acrylic, mixed media and surface design. I am not an artist in the traditional sense. I would say that I am a self- taught My work is abstract, concentrating on color, shape, form and movement. My intention is to explore and express the process of transformation, the humanistic and spiritual changes which take place when guided by intuition and its’ stream of consciousness. Through my art, I hope to give the observer an experience for which there are no words for.
Artist Type painter
Location Chicago
Short Description I am a Chicago based abstract painter and creative entrepreneur. My artwork began primarily in watercolor however, I quickly expanded to acrylic, mixed media and surface design. I am not an artist in the traditional sense. I would say that I am a self- taught. My intention is to explore and express the process of transformation, the humanistic and spiritual changes which take place when guided by intuition and its’ stream of consciousness. My work is abstract; concentrating on color, shape, form and movement. Inspiration for my paintings come from the elements of music, movement, human emotion, and nature. The contrast of paint, thick and thin markings, represent the constant change that occurs in life. Through my art, I hope to give the observer an experience for which there are no words for.
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