Mia Stone

Her work presents stories of snapshots through the balanced geometry of abstractions. She introduces shapes with strong colors and loosely defined content to set the mood and moves the viewer to an emotional presence. Mia Stone's work conveys a story in basic, almost primitive terms, creating both mood and presence through vibrant earth tones and elements that have classic recognition value.

Born in rural North Carolina, Mia's early life was spent outdoors. She developed an affinity for the outdoors and a life in relation to the elements of the earth. As she grew into early adolescence, her family moved to Charlotte%97a move not to her liking because it took her away for the land she loved. The city was constraining to her spirit. The shift in lifestyle that accompanied her move was heightened by the family's advocation to restoring old homes, so it was probably no coincidence that Mia started finding venues for creative expression. Initially, she started playing the guitar and singing, and later, in college, she took up sculpting and painting.

Mia's college years were spent at Florida State University with a dual major of liberal arts and fine art. Here she learned to weld through the help of a mentor and started metal sculpting as her primary art form. While developing skills in creative expression, Mia expanded her efforts into painting because of the spontaneity that that medium provided. Ultimately, she was successfully creating across the platforms of music, painting, and metal sculpting. Being unconventional by nature, her stage was not the traditional gallery showing or the government funded grant, but the underground warehouse parties and jazz clubs up and down the East coast.