"To paint is to love again."
— Henry Miller

I strive to have a painting provide pleasure, mystery and a feeling of upliftedness.
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.

Stephen Dinsmore paints from studios in Nebraska, Maine and Florida.

2011 Shows:
The Ballplayer's, Anderson O'Brien Gallery, Omaha, NE July 3 -30 SOLO SHOW
Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA, "Play Ball", July GROUP Show
Olson Larsen Gallery, Des Moines, IA SOLO SHOW
Mulholland Market Gallery, Lubec, Maine, Late July to Mid August SOLO SHOW
Groveland Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, June/July GROUP SHOW
Mark Gallery, Englewood, NJ, Summer Show GROUP SHOW
Anne Loucks Gallery, Glencoe, IL, Summer Show GROUP SHOW

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