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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 Bills Art
Bill Stolpin's Newsletter |
This is the April 2012 issue of “WHAT’S NEW with Bills Art”.
I seem to be working on series’ lately. First the major arcana of Tarot Cards, then the Spirals,
followed by the third of my Michigan Seasons, “Michigan Spring”. The 17” x 9 ¾” image is
printed on 20” x 13” lenox 100, acid free paper in an edition of 23. The introductory
price of this new print is $300. I hope to complete
this series this summer.
I have also completed the fourth, and last, screenprint in my Flint Flood
series. “’47 Flood”, “Marvel Carburetor”, and “Riverside Drive and Broadway” have been
available for several years. The final, print in the series, “Chevrolet: The Hole”, is
now finished. The 15 ¾” x 10”image is printed on 22 1/2” x 15” Rives BFK white, acid
free paper in an edition of 18. The introductory price of this new print is $265.
I’m glad to finally have this series completed.
I have completed my 2012 dragon poster. Copies of this poster along with the prior years posters were available at the ComixCon on Saturday April 14th, at the Flint Masonic Temple. Copies of my book were also available for $22. It contains reproductions of each poster from 1992 through 2011 (twenty years) with a little story behind each and a spoiler page disclosing where I hid all the messages and gargoyles in each poster.
 
My recent screenprint, Friends of El Bosco Just returned from the American Color Print Society exhibition at the Chestnut Hill Gallery in Philadelphia Pennsylvania. This print took me three months of steady work to complete. Initially springing from the right side ovoid in Hieronymus Boschs’ “Garden Of Earthly Delights”, this print literally got away from me. Before the edition of 15 was completed, I was seeing the little figures in my sleep. The print has well over 100 runs on it and is printed on 20” x 26” Lenox 100 acid free paper. The image itself is 16” x 22”. The introductory price for this unframed print is $500.
My printmaking class at the FIA is finished but it will be offered again next fall.Contact the FIA at 810-234-1695 for details. Don't forget I plan on attending the Motor City Comic Con in May (13th through the 15th) and will be at Gen Con in Indianapolis
in August.. I look foward to seeing a lot of my old friends there.
.Till next month -------- Bill
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