I LOVE YOU BILL: A William Douglas Retrospective

Please join us for our April Third Friday Open Studios and the opening of our new exhibition: "I LOVE YOU BILL: A William Douglas Retrospective."

About the show:

If you are familiar with the work of William Douglas, you have surely encountered his drawings of beautiful women incorporated with text exclaiming “I LOVE YOU BILL!” And with Douglas, there is, indeed, a lot to love. A soft-spoken man with thick glasses and a thick beard, Douglas is an intuitive intellectual. He has an empathetic spirit, a sweetness that is balanced with the bitter notes of experience.

Douglas’s practice has roots in traditional folk and craft techniques. He collects and fuses found materials into spiritual objects- animal remains, thrift-store tchotchkes, remnants pilfered from the garbage - all are worthwhile components. He’s also fascinated by pattern, building rhythms of shape and color.

All such vocabularies feed into a twisting journey of self-exploration.…