Painter Stinson educates, entertains

Henry Stinson paints as the audience watches at the Colfax library April 21.

Derby Muse No. 1, 2014, an example of Stinson's work.

Artist Henry Stinson, newly of Colfax, made an appearance at the Whitman County Library Thursday, April 21, and fielded questions while painting a 10-year-old girl from the audience.

Born in Anchorage and educated at WSU and the Seattle Art Institute, Stinson's stark, impressionistic portraits hung in the Colfax Library in March and April.

Once his volunteer, Naomi Duff, was seated in a chair under a light, Stinson began to mix paint, facing a 12 X 16-inch canvas....