About Contemporary Artist, Marcy Stone

I am passionate, deep, and simply complex—a dreamer of big dreams, a maximalist at heart, and a lover of beauty in all its forms. Fashion, color, texture, and meaning are not separate parts of my life; they are how I move through the world. My heart has been broken and remains beautiful, always in pursuit of what makes life more meaningful, joyful, and alive—often found in long, soulful conversations with the people I trust in my foxhole.

Once upon a time, I was a business owner who became a life coach and yoga instructor—roles that continue to shape how I understand people, connection, and becoming. I have raised two incredible daughters: one who continues to walk beside me, and one who now watches over us. Following the loss of my daughter Sydney in December 2016, my life was forever reshaped. In navigating that new reality, I wrote and published multiple books, created scholarships in her honor, and slowly learned how to live forward while carrying love and grief together.

Art emerged as both sanctuary and saving grace. Painting became a place where I could listen, feel, and respond—where color could speak more honestly than words. I experience color through feeling, and that matters to me. My work is layered, intuitive, and alive with movement because my life, despite loss, has also been filled with tremendous love, laughter, beauty, and joy. I choose to honor all of it in the work I create.

My creative roots are in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where I lived for many years and where my life as an artist took shape. Today, my husband and I live in Manta, Ecuador, overlooking the Pacific. The rhythm of the ocean, the expansiveness of the light, and the experience of building a life somewhere new are influencing both me and the work in ways I am still discovering. Lancaster remains an important part of my story—and home to my daughter Aubrey—while Manta has opened an entirely new chapter.

At my core, I am always becoming—an artist, author, mother, and seeker—using color, movement, and beauty to turn lived experience into something that can be felt, held, and shared.