Beginning the studio year with colour and accents….”the bullseye is always in the margins”. 50x65cm

71x107cm canvas inspired by a long hot summer.

Canvas 122x92cm. A revisited work inspired by idyllic days spent in Jervis Bay.

I’m enjoying spending days inside during a very hot Sydney summer. Experimentation with collage is both relaxing and rewarding.

I’m thrilled to be joining Art Gallery on Darling….a collaborative gallery of 12 artists this year in Balmain, Sydney. It will be exciting to be a part of such a vibrant group with group and solo shows. Not only will I be exhibiting large works but also these little guys.

A few works on paper done on hot afternoons . Relaxed mark making and soft expressionism ?

Blue accents with washed calm areas….and of course the inevitable red accent !

Happy that this square canvas 80cm has been chosen as a finalist for North Sydney Art Prize 2019 . I have been seeing some of the other finalists and am very chuffed to be included in their ranks. Good luck little guy!!

The work speaks of the past industrial impact on the Sydney Harbour shores…. still a working harbour, but also of the efforts to rehabilitate and restore the natural beauty of the area around Waverton. The coaloader has a beautiful yet brutal air and the old docks and ramps are mysterious and intriguing.

A large revisited canvas 91×122 morphed into a salute to graffiti !

Torn pieces of paper, newsprint combined with limited colour , charcoal and acrylic paint give a layered appearance resembling a street pole used for public announcements….often beautiful and always a fascinating narrative ! Well done Bill, I say!

I read recently that it’s sometimes disconcerting for the viewer to stand in front of a work done by an abstract expressionist! I hope so….although I would love viewers to look, enjoy and involve themselves in my work. As there is no object in my work, some people find it hard to reconcile themselves to it. This canvas is a case in point….please just lose yourself for a minute!