Background
John Stuart Ingle was born on January 1, 1933 in Evansville, Indiana, United States.
John Stuart Ingle was born on January 1, 1933 in Evansville, Indiana, United States.
John attended the University of Arizona at the age of 15. He completed all the hours for a Bachelor of Fine Arts but did not graduate until years later at which point he also earned Master of Fine Arts in Studio Art.
John Stuart Ingle was painting watercolor landscapes, when, in 1975, he found his "style changing to a more textured and meticulous view of the world." At the same time, he decided "to explore how color feels" and "to impress a viewer with the results of a highly concentrated awareness." He also taught studio art at the University of Minnesota, Morris from 1966 until his retirement as Professor in 2003.
John Stuart Ingle paints still-life watercolors of golden-ripe pears and deep-red strawberries, antique tables and hand-thrown pots, crystal bowls and lace doilies, and cold-steel paring knives, oriental carpets, arabesque tile, and gourmet candies as real as small children. His works have an astonishing sensuality and a riveting immediacy. They are created in the most homely of circumstances, in a light-and-plant-filled studio on a shady side street in Morris, Minnesota. Ingle's work is in several notable public collections, including those of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Yale University Art Gallery, the Evansville Museum of Arts, History and Science, and the Arkansas Arts Center.
Quotations: "I don't want to make arbitrary changes in what I see to paint the picture, I want to paint what is given. The whole idea is to take something that's given and explore that reality as intensely as I can."
Quotes from others about the person
John Stuart Ingle proves that Magic Realism lives in his virtuoso still life incorporating silver, peaches and a plant in a blue ceramic pot, all on a wood table.