Ian Stone

During my formal training in University, i almost entirely focused on printmaking and design; mores specifically traditional and offset lithography and etching. With the inevitable layering of imagery forming the basis of printmaking, i was fascinated with the very technical and forceful methodology of this kind of art-making. After graduating, I realized that the medium of print wasn't easy to continue within the confines of my home studio. I had no printing presses and fork lifts to move large limestones around or massive sinks to clean them off. I had to change mediums and so i taught myself how to paint! Having been steeped in heavy step by step production for so long, I transferred this knowledge to painting: the science of colour mixing, the different layers of grounds and paints and oils applied. It seemed that my natural inclinations for the technical became easily applied to a painterly almost photo realism in painting. So here I am, many years later, a formed but still learning painter, painting portraits of gay men.

DEC in FINE ARTS from Dawson College - 2001
BFA in PRINT MEDIA from NSCAD - 2004
MFA in PAINTING from Concordia University - 2007

Upcoming Show BBAM Gallery (Montreal) October 2020
Artist Project Toronto - Spring 2021