Stanley H. Young, Painter Of Landscapes And Animals, 84

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Mr. Stanley H. Young, a Barrington, Illinois, resident since 1958,
died of heart failure on Thursday, January 9, 2003, in Good Shepherd
Hospital in Barrington, at the age of 84.

Stanley H. Young is most widely recognized for his watercolor and
acrylic paintings of landscapes and animals that adorn the walls of
businesses, civic buildings and homes across the Chicago area. But he
also was an avid supporter of local art and music programs, a teacher
of art and a Civil War enthusiast who planned family vacations around
war sites.

"He was kind of a Renaissance man and read everything there was about
the Civil War. And just about every vacation I could remember as a
child we were going to Civil War sites," said his daughter, Susan
Parks.

She said her father also "was very supportive of the local arts and
did many workshops teaching watercolors, his last one when he was 83."

He was born in Edgerton, Wisconsin and grew up in Rockford, Illinois,
where he worked as an art apprentice in a local advertising agency. He
continued his studies by attending drawing and painting classes at
Rockford College and advertising layout and design classes at the
American Academy of Art in Chicago.

He served in World War II training soldiers at Ft. Leonard Wood,
Missouri, to make pontoon bridges.

"He was almost killed once, when a truck carrying bayonets tipped over
and fell on top of him," Parks said. "They lifted the truck and pulled
him out. He was pretty lucky."

Mr. Young worked as an artist/art director for the Des Moines
Register, United Airlines and various Chicago, Illinois, studios and
ad agencies. He also did freelance work from a studio in his home.

Many of his paintings are landscapes of Door County, Wisconsin, Amish
farmer scenes and Native American scenes, Parks said.

"He sold paintings through galleries, through shows or to people just
coming over to the house," she said. "He would often win these art
shows, and businesses would buy his paintings to hang in their halls.
Hundreds of his paintings are hanging in people's homes."

In retirement, Mr. Young focused on fine art, showing his work in
various regional art shows.

"He and I started to draw together over the last 10 to 15 years,
traveling around the Midwest together painting," said his friend Lou
Taylor. "He was a morally good artist. He did things correctly, with
no gimmicks. Most of his recent work was scenery. He was very good at
painting animals and a great landscape artist."

When severe arthritis and deteriorating eyesight affected Mr. Young's
ability to paint in his later years, he switched to oils because they
were more forgiving.

Mr. Young was a classical music and jazz fan. He also enjoyed building
model railroads. He was a co-founder of the local chapter of Mended
Hearts, a support organization for heart disease patients, and active
in church and school music programs.