Englehart, Stanton
Stanton Englehart grew up on on a farm in Cortez, Colorado, moved to Durango in 1957 to attend Fort Lewis College, earned a Master's Degree in Fine Arts from the University of Colorado, and taught in the Art Department at Fort Lewis College for 30 years until he retired in 1991 to paint full time.
His unassuming and friendly aspect belies his many shows and honors. "Nature is my spiritual center," says Englehart. His inspiration is found in the open wild hills, mesas and canyons of the mountains and deserts of southwestern Colorado and Utah. He has covered thousands of miles in active meditation on his bicycle and in his truck, camping in the solitude of Utah canyon country renewing mind and body and acquiring ideas and focus for the hundreds of paintings that flow from him onto his canvases. We can glimpse his experiences in the ethereal energy of his painted skies and the glowing beauty of the rock walls and distant horizons. "The land is so vital and dynamic and holds within it the story of how biologically creative life is. That's what my paintings reflect."
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"Formation"- Mixed media landscape by Durango artist Stanton Englehart. Measuring 35 inches by 23 inches that includes the 3 1/2 inches of matting and framing.
"Talk A Little Louder"-Colorado artist Stanton Englehart paints the sky and mesas with passion. His oil paintings are abstract, intense, vibrant and visually capture the feeling one gets when viewing the vastness of the southwest landscape. Measuring 48 inches by 41 inches this oil painting has a small wood frame.
"Lizard Head Pass Willows". In the spring the willow trees along the water ways are a bright spring green. The evergreens lay between them and the mountains in the distance. The painting is framed in metallic gold.
"Granite" is a mixed media painting by Durango artist Stanton Englehart. Another fabulous landscape where the mountains meet the water in the southwest. Framed in silver with an off white mat.
"Black Canyon" is a mixed media of acrylic, gouache and colored pencil on paper. Stanton Englehart has a favorite subject and it is the natural beauty that surrounds the Durango area. Pictured is the reflection of the mountain in a lake. Framed in silver and matted in shades of greens.
"The East Dolores" pictured in shades of green, is a river in the southwest Colorado. Done in mixed media paints on paper, framed and matted also in greens.
"Hidden Lake"- Colorado blue skies highlight the evergreen forests in this painting. Mixed media paints on paper are Stanton Englehart's signature style. This landscape is framed in green metal, with green matting.
"Burned Timber" is a landscape with a river flowing out of the mountains. Mixed media paintings on paper by Stanton Englehart are layered acrylic, gouache, and pencil. Framed with a pink mat and black metal frame.
"Dark Days" is a mixed media painting on paper. It is framed in black and has a grey mat. Dark Days and Upper Florida would make a great pair, hung as dyptich.
"Upper Florida" is a river in the Durango, Colorado area that flows through the east side north of town. This mixed media painting is graphite black and white, framed with a white mat and silver frame.
"Sheep Camp and Talus" in assorted earth tones is an actual location in the San Juan mountains around Durango, Colorado. Framed with a earth tone mat and copper metal frame. Layers of acrylic, gauche and colored pencil create this very individual style of Stanton Englehart.
"Aspen" captures the essence of a drive through the southwest mountains in the fall. Mixed media on paper is usually a combination of acrylic, gauche and pencil. Framed with a small mat and metal frame.
"Untitled", is a mixed media on paper landscape, by Durango artist Stanton Englehart. Measuring 20 inches by 16 inches this painting is matted and framed with glass.
"Meadows of West Fork" is a mixed media landscape, using acrylic, gauche, and pencil. It painted on paper and is matted and framed with glass.
"Along the Northern Edge", is a mixed media painting of a Southwestern landscape. Stanton pushes the edge between abstract and landscape. The brush strokes and layers of paint become the trees and lakes. Framed and matted with glass, these paintings are done on paper.
"Dyptych". Stanton Englehart does mixed media landscapes with texture and techniques that are layered. There is an element of abstraction. The paintings are a combination of acrylic, gauche, and pencil, all paintings are matted, framed with glass.
"Summer". Stanton Englehart's mixed media paintings have layers of texture and paint, creating these near abstract landscapes. This 20 inch by 18 inch original comes matted and framed with glass.
A commemorative book honors Stanton Englehart's life and artwork and is now available at Toh-Atin Gallery. "A Life on Canvas", covers the different eras of his work and includes much of his great philosophy. He captures the essence of the Southwest better than any other living painter. This fabulous and beautiful book has 144 pages, including two fold out pages, over 50 full color reproduction and historical photographs. A limited number of books are available for $70.00, this includes a 25 minute documentary film on DVD.
"Molas Pass"- is a favorite drive for locals and visitors alike. As is the mixed media painting of Stanton Englehart. Look closely and see the spruce trees and creeks running down the mountain side. Stanton's work is always looking closer and deeper into nature.
"I Said That Right Way"-Verging on abstract the landscapes of the Four Corners Area by Englehart, are masterfully executed. This large oil landscape on canvas by Stanton Englehart, comes with a frame Stanton built himself.
