WILLIAM TURNER
William Turner's paintings are visually engaging with rich color and painterly quality
which draws in the viewer. Visual references, such as an abstract landscape, figure, or shape, are merely a framework for his explorations into color and form. He started his paintings with chaotic under-painting. Thus began his imaginative adventure to find direction out of the initial creative disorder and was a source of profound energy that ultimately resonates in the delightful collision between abstraction and representation. William painted to jazz music, the rhythm and improvisational energy are key expressive elements in his paintings. Like chordal deconstruction resulting in structured, yet spontaneous improvisation, his paintings are rooted in shapes and figures that explode to the movement of the paint.
Education:
University of Washington, Seattle, WA:
Masters of Fine Arts
University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA:
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Artists Studied Under:
Jacob Lawrence
Alden Mason
Michael Spafford
Museum Collections:
Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, WA
Collections:
Amgen Corporation
Central Missouri State University
Florida State university
Fred Meyer Trust
Hotel Griffon
Idaho State University, Davis Gallery
Karr Tuttle Campbell
Louis Owen Inc
Nordstrom Corporation
River Place Hotel
Safeco Corporation
Taphouse Grill
University of WA, Henry Gallery
Washington Athletic Club
WA State Arts Commission
Body of Work:
1982-00: Spiral Abstraction (sold out)
1986-90: Interiors (sold out)
1994: The Imagined Landscape (sold out)
1997-04: Figurative Abstraction (sold out)
2004-08: The Valley (available)
2011: Spirit of the Land (available)
2011: Conversation with the Elders (available)
2016-21: A New Land (available)