ARTIST’S STATEMENT

“My artwork reflects my interest in human form and motivation. I do both figurative painting and drawing, as well as portraiture. In my figurative paintings, I use vivid and vibrant color combinations, not only to express my own emotional reaction to the human figure, but as a formal element in the painting itself, to add life and interest to the composition. In my charcoal drawings I am not only interested in the figure, but also in the facial expression and emotional content of the person portrayed, so I depict a facial as well as a figurative likeness. My portraiture tries to capture the personality of the individual portrayed with an emphasis in color and composition that will heighten the viewer’s interest. In a philosophical sense, I am interested in the duality of human nature – body and mind, psychological activity and passivity and emotional and reflective thought.”

PROFILE

Stanley David Auspitz was born and raised in Philadelphia. As a young man, he attended Central High School, one of the three top-rated schools in the country at the time, and the alma mater of Thomas Eakins and other noted American portrait artists. He attended Tufts University, the University of Pennsylvania, and received his Masters of Education and Art Teaching specialist’s certification at the Tyler School of Art. He taught for five years in the Philadelphia School System. Work by his students received first place and honorable mention awards in Philadelphia’s Bicentennial Art Show.

In 1979 Mr. Auspitz moved to San Diego, where he planned an art career. He studied architectural drafting in Phoenix and received certificates in Commercial Art, Graphic Reproduction and Desktop Publishing in San Diego. Nr. Auspitz has pursued portraiture and figurative art with Carl Provder and Sebastian Capella in San Diego and with such nationally known portraitists as John Howard Sanden, Bob Gerbracht, Albert Handell and Daniel Greene. He has exhibited at the San Diego Art Institute, San Diego Pastel Society, San Diego Portrait Society, Creative Arts Consortium and the Del Mar Fair. Stanley D. Auspitz is a member of the San Diego Portrait Society, Artist Equity and the SDMA Artists Guild. His work is listed in the American Portrait Society’s Artist Directory.