In addition to his talents as modernist and impressionist painter, Knower Mills was also an intellectual “renaissance man.” A poet, a teacher of both Latin and Greek, and a faculty advisor at a Connecticut private school, he also led a popular club for adolescents focuse
oil on canvas on board
Boatyard in Spring
Don Stone’s early career as an artist was spent in the studio – producing portraits, illustrations, and political cartoons…The invitation of fellow artist Paul Strisik to paint outside “en plein air” at first confused him, then mesmerized him, and then finally propelled him to become a master of modern impressionism, as he combined the power of the physical world with the fragility of humanity, sewn together with the magic of light.