Stinson was born in Anchorage, Alaska but spent much of his childhood in the Pacific Northwest. He has recently moved back to the Northwest due to his love of the four seasons, a community-oriented lifestyle and the numerous opportunities for outdoor painting this region has to offer. A serious artist for the past 21 years, his university training began with Washington State University. It was continued at the Art Institute of Seattle and ended with four years of intensive study – painting with master impressionist teacher Ron Lukas in his Seattle Studio. Stinson has taught drawing and painting for the past 17 years in numerous colleges and privately owned schools and is currently teaching national workshops as well. He is a gifted instructor, noted most for his unique ability to create vivid color on canvas in a manner which inspires and supports the ideal learning situation for painting students. He maintains an active painting studio in Washington state and continues to paint on location throughout the United States. He has exhibited his work in Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Florida, Washington, and Oregon as well as the United States Embassy in Geneva Switzerland. Henry's love of painting the unique stems for his inability to resist capturing those unusual moments in life that make each of us step back and think. It may be a humorous thought or a moment of beauty or simply something that catches the eye and sits on the edge of the memory. Whatever the origin, Henry has the singular ability to translate moments into paintings, making his work popular with private collectors both in the US and abroad.