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From the Fabric Workshop & Museum website: Stokes worked in the (FWM) studio for decades, observing and working alongside the wide array of Artists-in-Residence invited over the years. He became a permanent part of the institution’s everyday life, witnessing some of FWM’s most pivotal moments and projects while collecting and channeling these influences into his own distinctive work. Working primarily as a painter, Stokes has also experimented with assemblage and sculpture throughout his career, and screenprinting would become an important tenet of his practice as a result of his experiences and observations in the studio. Many of his works depict loosely drawn, naked humans and animals surrounded by grass and flowers. His fearless style and dream-like imagery portrays a sense of freedom and carefree joyfulness. The artist has assembled and printed numerous drawings for various yardage designs, later transformed into or printed on a wide range of objects—including stuffed animals, clothing, and ceramic mugs—to make his work more accessible for the public. Along with showing his work in several of FWM‘s group exhibitions, including Rabbit Rabbit Rabbit, A Riot of Color: The Fabric Workshop and Museum in collaboration with Ruth Fine, a major survey of Stokes’ work was presented in a 2007 solo exhibition with an accompanying publication telling his story. Stokes has work in the FWM collection as well as the Free Library of Philadelphia’s print collection.