William Willis "Simplicity, Patience, Compassion"
Howard Scott Gallery
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The works chosen for the forthcoming exhibition reveal what could be said to be two of the major and enduring influences on Willis' work as an artist: his devotion to Zen Buddhism and other Eastern philosophies in guiding the living of one's life and existing in the world and his profound admiration of the work of certain early European and American Modernists. Mr. Willis has lived his life within the eastern United States, primarily between Maryland and Florida. Though for many years he has lived in close proximity to vast bodies of water (including the Chesapeake Bay and the Gulf of Mexico). In recent years, he has increasingly been drawn to upland and mountainous, forested, sparsely populated areas, where small streams and creeks etch their paths through rocky landscapes, eventually forming rivers on their journey to the sea. The elemental ingredients of such landscapes have been a powerful influence on his work.
The paintings which will compose the exhibition reveal the parameters of scale employed by Mr. Willis in recent years, and the selection concentrates on works of relatively intimate scale.
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Schedule
from April 09, 2009 to May 09, 2009
Opening Reception on 2009-04-09 from 18:00 to 20:00