Bill Stolpin's Front Page
Located in Holly Michigan, (about twenty minutes south of Flint Michigan), Bill comes from a talented family. His father was an engineer and sculptor while his mother was a stockbroker, a pianist and composer, and his brother is a retired journeyman model maker and an inventor with several patents in his name. An eagle scout and a retired engineer himself, Bill used to play the flute, has done everything in Community Theater including directing, and has studied lithography (with Emil Weddige), woodcut (with Akira Kurosaki) and etching (at Crown Point Press). He currently teaches printmaking at the Flint Institute of Arts in Flint.Bill Stolpin has been making prints since he was a kid. In junior high school, he was making linoleum block Christmas cards. The year he made a card with 7 blocks, and fifteen colors, he decided to take advantage of his printmaking skills.
In addition to his own prints, Bill began printing with the late James Anthony in 1980. Quickly joined by Stefan Davidek and Carole Brender, the four printmakers soon became known as DAS PRINT Co. As a well known group in the Flint area, they have printed together ever since. They have had group shows throughout mid-Michigan, and recently had a twenty-five year retrospective show at Alma College in Alma Michigan.
Many of Bill’s prints are available through the Art Rental program at the Flint Institute of Arts (810-234-1695)
What's New with Bill's Art?
Recent Prints
I finished the screenprint entitled “Blue Cards” done in conjunction with Flint Artists Market. There are 10 prints in the edition and the introductory price for this 19” x 23” print is $150. |
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“The Sun” is the next print in my Tarot Card series. I have completed eight of the twenty-two cards in the Major Arcana. Unframed prints from this edition of 15 are available for $150. |
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The International Association of Astronomical Artists (IAAA) has migrated the exhibition entitled “The Artist’s Universe” to an on-line virtual gallery in the 'Second Life' environment, in celebration of the International Year of Astronomy. My print 'Late Kingdom - XX Dynasty - Apollo XVII' is included in this exhibition in Gallery 5. |
Last summer I was visited by a representative of Wandering Educators at my shop at the Renaissance Festival. She seemed to like my work, and asked if I would be their ARTIST OF THE MONTH in January. I was pleased to accept the honor. Please check out their website where you may learn more about me and my work than you ever wanted to know. |
Flint Ex-Pats blog - a website for former Flint residents to comment on life abroad - had me listed back on the 10th of January. They had a wonderful write-up of my personal history and included a number of pieces from my body of work. Go check it out! |
Bob Gorski, editor of the Buick Town Crier, has contacted me to have my Flint buildings included in their publication. If everything works out, he'll be including about three pictures a month in the Do You Remember? section. Keep your fingers crossed! I'll be sure to let you know if it happens! |
Most Recent Dragon Drawings
I’ve finally completed the set of four Elemental Dragons that I started during the Renaissance festival. Each is available in B/W ($17) and color ($20) versions. The complete four-dragon B/W set is available for $65 and the color set is $75. |
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I have also added a new dragon to my stable of dragon portraits. It is available mounted on mat board with a foamcor backing for $20 (color) and $15 (black and white). You can see all of the currently available dragons here. |
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Other News
| My 2008 dragon poster has turned out to be a hit. Click here to see the full set of all 17 posters. Posters from previous years are still available. I have separated them into three packs of 5 years per pack: '92-'96, '97-'01 & '02-'06. The large 5-poster set is $50 while the small set is $45. Individual posters are always available from my website for $10 or $12 plus postage. | |
In addition to my regular images, my dragon portraits, my dragon posters and the 18" x 26" reproductions, we are now offering a coloring book with 20 Black and White dragon portrait line drawings ($10), card sets ($10), sticky-back bookplates ($3) and ceramic tiles ($18) with any of my images on them. These new products can be found here. Please e-mail me with any questions you may have. |
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I will be teaching my Printmaking class at the Flint Institute of Arts in the Spring. You can call the Institute (810-234-1695) for registration details. |
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Well, that about covers it for now …. Bill |
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