Acrylic and oil pastel on canvas
16 x 20 inches
Mounted in a vintage frame and gifted to our best friends for their home:
Tag: contemporary painting
I Was Once a Good Little Boy (2017)
Acrylic and oil pastel on canvas
28 x 22 inches
An automatic drawing that revealed itself as a self-portrait with hindsight.
The Way (2016)
House paint on plywood board
24 x 48 inches
I followed the grain and allowed the wood to dictate the composition of this painting as an exercise in wu-wei.
1,102 (2015)
House paint and oil on canvas
30 x 40 inches
Inspired by a photograph I took of the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor, O’ahu, Hawaii in June, 2014. More than 2.3 quarts of oil percolate to the surface from the battleship every day, serving as a reminder to those who visit that the site is still very active. While it’s obviously not good for the aquatic environment, I find the periodic oil blooms on the surface to be a poignant unintentional feature of the memorial; almost as if the spirits of the 1,102 people that lost their life there are acknowledging the millions of people who pay their respects each year.
Vigil (2015)
Oil and oil pastel on canvas
24 x 28 inches
This piece is an automatic drawing that I randomly colored with oil paint. As the composition of the colored shapes became clearer, I began to see candles and people, which brought to mind an assembly of remembrance.
Synapse (2015)
House paint and ink on canvas
36 x 12 inches
Aviary (2015)
House paint on canvas
24 x 36 inches
Sold in March 2015 to a private collector in Kansas.
Brigid (2015)
House paint on canvas
24 x 30 inches
Finished on the Cross-Quarter Day between the Winter Solstice and the Spring Equinox, a day marked by the ancient Celts with the festival Imbolc, which was considered the beginning of spring and was a celebration of the goddess Brigid.
Sold in February 2015 to a private collector in Kansas:
The Subtle Perception of the Way Things Are (2015)
House paint on canvas /
30 x 40 inches
If you want to shrink something,
you must first allow it to expand.
If you want to get rid of something,
you must first allow it to flourish.
If you want to take something,
you must first allow it to be given.
This is called the subtle perception
of the way things are.
– Tao Te Ching, 36 (Mitchell, 1988)
On display in our home:
Some Kind of Animal (2014)
House paint on canvas
48 x 36 inches
UPDATE (June 2020): This piece is now for sale. Beautify your home or office with an affordable piece of original art. $400
On display in our home:
Christian Williams 