Photo by Emily Keeney Photography“My paintings are not perfect. There are unintentional drips and marks. I do not tape my edges and often don't paint my edges. I like things to be natural and real because that is life.”

Photo by Emily Keeney Photography

“My paintings are not perfect. There are unintentional drips and marks. I do not tape my edges and often don't paint my edges. I like things to be natural and real because that is life.”

Photo by Emily Frances Photography“I have been told that my work is unresolved and unfinished. To that I say, thank you. It’s your job to resolve it, not mine. My work is never meant to be “perfect” or “done”, and neither am I.”

Photo by Emily Frances Photography

“I have been told that my work is unresolved and unfinished. To that I say, thank you. It’s your job to resolve it, not mine. My work is never meant to be “perfect” or “done”, and neither am I.”

Photo by Kevin Dotolo Photography“Body image is something many people struggle with, me included, and as we age everything continues to shift, literally and figuratively. Incorporating the female form into my work has been a way for me to lean into …

Photo by Kevin Dotolo Photography

“Body image is something many people struggle with, me included, and as we age everything continues to shift, literally and figuratively. Incorporating the female form into my work has been a way for me to lean into this complicated, difficult, yet beautiful process.”

Photo by Emily Keeney Photography

Photo by Emily Keeney Photography

Amy Stone was born and raised in the suburbs of New York City. She has a BA in Fine Arts and Comparative Literature from the University of Colorado, and an MA in Art Education from Hofstra University. For many years she worked purely with chalk pastel, but since 2016 she has shifted her medium to painting in acrylic and various mixed media.  Focusing on abstract expressionism and the abstracted female form, her work has been exhibited throughout the U.S., has been recognized and collected nationally and internationally.

David Audley of The Marais Review recently wrote about Stone’s work, “The human form is an essential theme in her works, even when the form isn’t always visible. Like a sensual subtext, the warmth of shape, the beauty of feminine curve, is present behind the bold strokes and blocks of color. This inherent femineity gives a gentle comfort and ease to her abstract work. It makes her paintings feel human and inviting, in a way that fails many other painters. She doesn’t present a full idea to the viewer. She presents a full concept in color and implores you to resolve it. To complete it.” Stone currently lives in Seattle with her husband and two sons who supply her with endless laughs and inspiration.