william glass
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DAYTON ART INSTITUTE BFA DEGREE,DRAWING & PRINTMAKING/MIAMI UNIVERSITY ,OXFORD ,OHIO MFA DEGREE PAINTING
General Information
MY BACKGROUND IS FORMAL HAVING STUDIED AT AN ART ACADEMY IN DAYTON OHIO AND ALSO AT THE UNIVERSITY LEVEL IN GRADUATE SCHOOL AT MIAMI UNIVERSITY OXFORD OHIO. I ENJOY WORKING WITH THE FIGURE AND I LIKE DOING LANDSCAPES AS WELL.YOU WILL SEE USING SCUPLTURE MORE IN THE FUTURE AND I LIKE TO DO SIMPLE LINE DRAWINGS OR USE THE OIL PAINT STICKS.I HAVE THIS MOTIF TO RELATE TO MY EXPRESSIVE SIDE THAT LENDS ITSELF TO SOME OF MY ABSTRACT QUALITIES SOME PEOPLE HAVE GIVEN MY WORK.MOST OF MY TRAINING HOWEVER HAS BEENVERY FORMAL AND IN THE TRADITIONAL SINCE OF STUDYING WESTERN ART.
Statement/Mission
MY WORK IS ABOUT DRAWING.I HAVE A VERY LINEAR QUALITY TO MY WORK AND THIS REFLECTS MY STRONG BACKGROUND IN THE GRAPHIC QUALITY WHICH LENDS ITSELF TO MY DRAFTSMAN STYLE.I LOVE SCULPTURE AND I REALLY DO THINK SOME OF THE BEST DRAFTSMAN IN THE THE HISTORY OF ART HAVE BEEN SCULPTORS.I HAVE BEEN GOING BACK TO THE SCULPTURE MEDIUM LATELY SOMETHING I HAVE NOT DONE SINCE MY UNDERGRADUATE DAYS.I ENJOY THE USE OF OIL PAINT ON WOOD PANELS SOMTHING I AM DOING MORE OF AND USING COLLAGE WITH THIS MEDIUM LIKE RUBBER LATEX.I ALSO HAVE BEEN DOING WOOD SCULPTURE WITH ROUGH CUTS AND USING A CHAIN SAW TO GET A NICE AFFECT.
News/Notes
I ALSO HAVE A CONNECTION TO THE MUSIC SCENE HAVING BEEN RAISED BY A FATHER WHO WAS NOT ONLY A PIANIST BUT ,WAS RIGHT IN THE HEART OF THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE AND THE BIG BAND AREA OP THE 30'S AND 40'S.YOU WILL OFTEN SEE ME USING THE JAZZ MUSICIANS OF THAT PERIOD IN MY SUBJECT MATTER.
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I HAVE SHOW IN A NUMBER OF PLACES ACROSS AMERICA AND MY WORK IS HELD IN MANY PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS IN AMERICA AND SOME PARTS OF CHINA.
