Stan Metzger Gallery - Artist Bio
Stanley Ross Metzger
Having been born and raised on the family farm in Jefferson County, Kansas, less than ten miles from the birth place of famous Regionalist artist, John Steuart Curry, I have always had the need to draw and paint. Although I enrolled at the University of Kansas School of Fine Arts, in design, I quickly changed my major to Business Administration, and have spent the last 40 years in the real estate brokerage business.
Throughout my first 38 years after leaving school, I only completed 3 or 4 paintings, and when approaching my 60th birthday, I made a vow to seriously pursue the art of painting.
My previous experience with oils caused me to have headaches. So I bought all of the equipment in late 2004, and began the processes of teaching myself how to paint with acrylics.
Having never had a lesson in painting, I did not know what a mistake looked like, so I kept on plugging. In the last 2 ½ years, in my spare time, I have completed over 2 dozen works, and have another 5 or 6 pieces in the works. So far, I have been fortunate enough to complete each work without throwing one away and starting from scratch.
This web site, built in June, 2007, is my first attempt at selling my work. Knowing that the cost of original fine art makes it out of reach for many, I have decided to offer most of my work in Limited Edition prints, at a fraction of the cost of the originals.
Thank you for visiting my online gallery, and I hope that you have enjoyed it.
