By the late 70's Bill was dividing his time between New York and Bodega. It was in New York that he explored different aspects of the subterranean urban landscape. His paintings, installations and collages led him into the stark black and white geometry of non human space. It came as no surprise that his imagery exploded back into a new interpertation of the richly colored metaphysical world of Dualism. This series which he called "Dualities" sparked these vibrant "astral landscape" pastel drawings. In this period of time he fully immersed himself in the elements of universal laws and the dualistic divisions between the material world and the subtle realms of the intuitive.
"Described by New York critic and curator Peter Frank in a 1985 exhibition curated for Louis Meisel Gallery, NY, titled: American Abstraction; Four NewCurrents, as belonging to a stream he called "Numinous Abstraction", there was a recognition of content in my work which was more than simply self-referential. I have always been interested in the connections among culturally evolved symbols, intense personal experiences and the realm of the spirit. My current work is an exploration of the concept of Dualities - Spirit and Substance, Thought and Materiality. Marking art for me is the only form of exploration with which I am comfortable. I began my adult life with a suspicion that there was more to it than what everyone else was trying to sell me. I think my life work does something more than allay boredom, provide commodity of function as an alternative to politics, all of which are anethema to me. I think if we do not live with courage and an acknowledgment of spirit in our lives, then we are doomed. I am not interested in making pretty things. I am only interested in truth"
WM 7/21/87
"My work addresses the formal aspects of composition, whether they be contained within the tradition of the rectangle or in reference to that which lays without it. I try to bring a painterly discrimination and sensibility to the task of resolving differences between and among disparate parts, as in such series: "Dualities" and "Trilogies", or in individual installation pieces which relate directly to specific spaces. These constitute the vehicle with which I find I can enter the metaphysical and abstract, engaging in a process which helps me to transcend banality, sentimentality, politics and boredom."
WM 1985
oil on paper 30x40 1984
pastel 44x30 1984
DC8 a/c 72x54 1984
oil on paper 30x44 1984
X 68x84 o/c 1982
oil on paper 30x44 1984
Dance of the Mirrors 72x104 o/c 1984
XXVII 68x84 a/c 1982
Duality DB 70x96 a/c 1983
pastel 30x44 1983
pastel 30x44 1984
Ava 18x24 o/c 1985
Ama 18x24 o/c 1985
pastel 22x30 1985
pastel 30x44 1984
Asu 18x24 o/c 1985
pastel 22x30 1985
pastel 22x30 1981
pastel 22x30 1980
pastel 22x30 1985
pastel 22x30 1983
Duality 48x60 a/c 1980
Duality 48x60 a/c 1980
Duality 48x60 a/c 1980
Duality 48x60 a/c 1980
pastel 22x30 1980
pastel 22x30 1980
There is so much more available work in this series. If it inerests you and you would like to see more please email to arrange a visit to The Creamery
