BRATTLEBORO — Vermont artist Paul Stone has donated his framed oil painting “Late Afternoon” to Youth Services.
The painting will be sold via silent auction, with the winner announced after intermission at the Storytellers on a Mission event benefiting Youth Services (presented by The HATCH) at the Latchis Theater on April 9. The bid stood at $800 at press time. The winner need not be present.
Stone, a former dentist, has been painting for 50 years. His work, reflecting his mastery of color and light, graces galleries along the East Coast from Maine to Florida and is held in numerous public and private collections.
Stone's 23-inch by 29-inch donation reflects the artist's fascination with the rural landscape and its structures. Employing a bold palette of fuchsia, lavender, and electric green, his precisely painted buildings coexist with ambiguous foregrounds, clouds, and trees.