NEW YORK—As a fine arts painter, Stone Roberts had all the right conditions growing up, including severe myopia as a child. This may seem ironic, but it makes sense given that a hallmark of Robert’s paintings is that everything seems to be in sharp focus, whether the object is in the foreground or background.
“I remember as a child, I had to get up close to everything to see it,” Roberts said. “I remember commenting to my brother after I got glasses, ‘Are you supposed to see everything so clearly?’”
Now, whether he is painting still lifes, elaborate interiors, or figures, this sense of visual clarity is what makes his style simultaneously subtle yet immediate.
“Some photographers, when they see my paintings, … are fascinated and find it beguiling,” Roberts said. “I don’t paint the way a camera would. To me, painting is the act of revealing things through light. My vision is to evoke details with paint without making it feel pedantic.”
