Stephen Dinsmore2014

118 Southwest Blvd Kansas City, MO 64108816.527.0823 BlueGalleryOnline.com

A Short StatementSomething seen or remembered is the starting point. From there, painting is a process of discovery and arrival. Nuance of tone, expression and the handling of materials are among those elements key to the work. It is important that the finished painting have a visual “ lastingness”, such that the work continues to resonate over time.

About the ArtistDinsmore, a Nebraska-born artist, presents paintings that testify to the vitality of representational art as a means of communicating visual poetry. His paintings may border on the abstract being a synthesis from several sources; in other instances they may convey a more specific sense of place and time.

Dinsmore states: For me painting means being always on the lookout for an image/idea that excites.

Sounds straightforward but it’s nothing like a straight line. So many things count: the creamy light of late afternoon on landscape; the abstract beauty of marks on the side of a train car; new snow that reshapes all it touches; an interior filled with color and reverie; the riveting beauty of a vase of flowers; a fly fisherman in shadow; a disregarded corner of town; a found image…

I try to make a painting that has in it at least something of the magic and mystery of the thing; the alchemy; the thing that excites.

Born: July 7, 1952, Omaha, NebraskaEducation: University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Bachelor of Arts–1974

Stephen Dinsmore’s paintings can be found in public and private collections both nationally and internationally.

Confluence 10oil on canvas48” x 60”$10,800

Cake Sliceoil on canvas12” x 9”$1325

Buildings and Landoil on canvas20” x 60”$5800

Rural Yardoil on canvas60” x 48”$10,800

Passage 2oil on canvas49” x 49”$9000

Still Life Against Windowoil on panel17” x 14.25” fr.$1500

Structures in Light 2oil on canvas14” x 14”$2000

Semblanceoil on canvas48” x 60”$10,800

Iris in Landscapeoil on canvas60” x 48”$10,800

Cupcakeoil on canvas12” x 9”$1325

Looking Northoil on masonite13.25” x 14.25” fr.$1550

Crow 3oil on canvas48” x 60” $10,800

Nasturiums, Blue and White Vesseloil on panel16” x 16” fr.$1750

Structureoil on canvas9” x 12”$1325

Peonies Yellow Vaseoil on canvas24” x 24”$3200

Station 10oil on canvas30” x 40”$5800

SELECTED REPRESENTATIONS

ONE PERSON SHOWS2015William Havu Gallery, Denver, CO

2014Anne Loucks Gallery, Chicago, ILMark Gallery, Englewood, NJKevin Butler Gallery, Edgartown, MABlue Gallery, Kansas City, MOWarm Springs Gallery, Warm Springs, VA

2013Blue Gallery, Kansas City, MOModern Arts Midtown, Omaha,NESelby Fleetwood Gallery, Santa Fe, NMMark Gallery, Englewood, NJ

2012Blue Gallery, Kansas City, MOMark Gallery, Englewood, NJWilliam Havu Gallery, Denver, COAnne Loucks Gallery, Chicago, IL

2011The Ballplayer’s, Anderson O’Brien Gallery, Omaha, NEOlson Larsen Gallery, Des Moines, IAMulholland Market Gallery, Lubec, MA

2010Groveland Gallery, Minneapolis, MNWilliam Havu Gallery, Denver, CO

2009Anne Loucks Gallery, Chicago, ILModern Arts Midwest, Lincoln, NE

2008William Havu Gallery, Denver, CO Arden Gallery, Boston, MA

2007Modern Arts Midwest, Lincoln, NEArden Gallery, Boston, MAAnderson O’Brien Gallery, Omaha, NELydon Fine Art, Chicago, IL

2006Lydon Fine Art, Chicago, IL

2005William Havu Gallery, Denver, COArden Gallery, Boston, MALydon Fine Art, Chicago, ILAnderson O’Brien Fine Art, Omaha, NE

2004A & C Fine Art, Providence, RIRVS Fine Art, Southampton, NYWilliam Havu Gallery, Denver, COAnderson O’Brien Fine Art, Omaha, NE

2003Lydon Fine Art, Chicago, ILWilliam Havu Gallery, Denver, CO

2002Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MIGallery 5017, Fort Worth, TXLydon Fine Art, Chicago, IL

2001William Havu Gallery, Denver, COArden Gallery, Boston, MAHaydon Gallery, Lincoln, NE

2000Lydon Fine Art, Chicago, ILRobert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI

1999William Havu Gallery, Denver, COLydon Fine Art, Chicago, ILMuseum of Nebraska Art, Kearney, NEArden Gallery, Boston, MA

1998Lydon Fine Art, Chicago, ILJon Oulman Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

1997Lydon Fine Art, Chicago, ILArden Gallery, Boston, MA

1996Jon Oulman Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

1995Lydon Fine Art, Chicago, IL

1994Lydon Fine Art, Chicago, ILJon Oulman Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

1993R.V.S. Fine Art, Southampton, NYLydon Fine Art, Chicago, ILHaydon Gallery, Lincoln, NE

1992RVS Fine Art, Southampton, NYPaintings at Time-Life, New York, NYLydon Fine Art, Chicago, IL

1991R.V.S Fine Art, Southampton, NY

1990Samuel Davidson Gallery, Seattle, WASeraphim Gallery, Englewood, NJ

1989R.V.S. Fine Art, Southampton, NY

1988Gallery 72, Omaha, NE

1987Donald Wren Gallery, New York, NYHoneywell Corporate Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

SELECTED GROUP SHOWS 2012Mark Gallery, Englewood,NJWilliam Havu Gallery, Denver, COAnne Loucks Gallery, Chicago, ILGroveland Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

2011Wendt Gallery,New York, NYLancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA, “Play Ball”Groveland Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, June/July Mark Gallery, Englewood, NJ, Summer Show Anne Loucks Gallery, Glencoe, IL, Summer Show

2010Mark Gallery, Englewood, NJBlue Gallery, Kansas City, MOModern Arts, Lincoln, NEAnderson O’Brien Gallery, Omaha, NEAnne Loucks Gallery, Chicago, IL

2009Blue Gallery, Kansas City, MOMark Gallery, Englewood, NJSusan Street Fine Art, San Diego, CAGallery Merz, Sag Harbor, NYKevin Butler Gallery, Martha’s Vineyard, MA

Anderson O’Brien Gallery, Omaha, NE

2005Groveland Gallery, Minneapolis, MNKevin Butler Gallery, Edgartown, MABlue Gallery, Kansas City, MO

2004Kiechel Fine Art, Lincoln, NERobert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MIBennett Galleries, Knoxville, TN

2003A & C Fine Art, Providence, RIHaydon Gallery, Lincoln, NEKiechel Fine Art, Lincoln, NE

2002Bemis Foundation Gallery, Omaha, NE

2001Munson Gallery, Santa Fe, NMCirca Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

2000Sheldon Art Gallery, Lincoln, NEArden Gallery, Boston, MAWilliam Havu Gallery, Denver, COCirca Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

1997Walker-Kornbluth Gallery, Fair Lawn, NJ Associated American Artists - “The Contemporary Landscape” , New York, NY

1996Walker-Kornbluth Gallery, Fairlawn, NJGallery 53, Cooperstown, NY

1995Associated American Artists, “The New Landscape”, New York, NYGallery 53, Cooperstown, New York55 Mercer Gallery, New York, NY

1994Guild Hall Museum, “The Long Island Landscape”, East Hampton, NYCadogan Contemporary Gallery, London, EnglandMinneapolis Foundation, Minneapolis, MN

1992Japan Airlines Gallery, New York, NYR.V.S. Fine Art, “The Brooklyn Show”, Southampton, NY

1990Paintings at the Pan Am, Metropolitan Life, New York, NY

1988Peter M. David Gallery, Minneapolis, MNBernard Jacobsen Gallery, New York, NY

1987Yeshiva University, New York, NY

1985A.I.R Gallery, New York, NYSusan Conway Gallery, Washington, DC

SELECTED COLLECTIONSThe Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MNPark Hyatt Hotel, Beaver Creek, COGeneral Electric Corporation, New York, NYHarris Bank, Chicago, ILSheldon Art Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NEMuseum of Nebraska Art, Kearney, NECentel Corporation, Chicago, ILLockton Companies, Kansas City, MOFrontenac Partners, Chicago, ILPiper Jaffrey, Inc., Minneapolis, MNR.R. Donnelley & Sons, Chicago, IL and New York, NYHoneywell, Inc., Minneapolis, MNSioux City Art Center, Sioux City, IAWhitney Houston, Mendham, NJWolters Kluwer, United States, Inc., Chicago, ILCeridian Corporation, Minneapolis, MNBryan Hospitals, Lincoln, NEMolson-Coors, Inc, Golden, COAmerican Embassy, Paris, FranceBailey Lauerman, Lincoln, NEHilton Hotels InternationalBandon Dunes Golf Resort, Bandon Dunes, ORUnited Airlines, Inc., Osaka, Japan and Frankfurt, Germany Assurity Life, Lincoln, NESteve Wilkos Private Collections Nationally and Internationally

OTHER Lincoln Journal Star,”Painter of Light and Mood” July,2014Nebraska Public Radio, June, 2014Hyatt Hotels, Inc., 2012,  72x180 inch commission, Omaha, NEIowa Architecture Spring 2012Chicago Art Examiner, 2009National Open House, HGTV, 2009ArtHamptons,  Bridgehampton, NY 2009Lincoln Journal Star, November 2009Live at the Mill, Nebraska Public Radio, November 2009Better Homes and Garden, 2006Boston Globe, Dream House, 2006Meadowlark Festival, Selected Artist, Lincoln, NE, 2005Phoenix House and Garden, Fall, 2004Lincoln Journal Star, April 18, 2004SRQ (Sarasota Florida Review) Magazine, 2003Denver Rocky Mountain News, 2003Boston Globe, 7-23-2001, Cate McQuaidGrand Image , Seattle , WA , Art ImageryDenver Rocky Mountain News 12-4-99The Birmingham Suite, 1999, four-painting commission, Birmingham, AL

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