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Artist's Statement… Fundamentally and ultimately, I am concerned with the nature of the color fields and color notations; their weight, size, placement and association.

Although obviously influenced by observations of the natural environment, my concern is in getting under the immediate surface of things. Therefore, rather than creating a literal transcription of the world, the paintings are “about” observations of the environment, not “of” it in the literal sense. Ultimately drawn and “abstracted” from observation of the environment, the works are comprised of fields of color glazes that are punctuated by marks or notations. The end product is simply the combination of the color field and the mark or notation rather than literal transcription of the environment.

My work is typically oil on canvas or small birch panels referred to as icon paintings. Although they vary in intensity of visual reference to observed phenomena, ultimately, they are comprised of fields of color blended in overlapping layers of opaque and transparent glazes as well as spontaneous marks or notations.

Have I ever actually been to Paliku? Yep.

"Paliku Mist IV" 44.5" x 44.5" Oil $4,600

Lynn Shue, owner/director Village Galleries…
From his residence upcountry, Bill has a view that includes ocean and clouds. These elements are reflected in his sublime paintings, in which the boundaries between sea and sky are blurred, creating beautiful abstractions.

His numerous meticulously applied color glazes create a richly dramatic surface. Although abstract, his work brings to mind feelings of landscape and the sea.