William who comes from a family of Irish painters worked in London’s financial district before indulging in his passion for colour field painting in a studio in North West London. While studying his art William developed an understanding of how colour and design effects emotion, feeling and mood.

“Large fields of colour quieten the mind, they draw your attention away from your thoughts which has a soothing effect on the mind”. “This reduction in thought also allows greater access to the subconscious mind which is why the art has an effect on a persons emotion, feeling and mood”.

William’s art is designed to draw our attention from our thoughts and promote stillness and presence whilst influencing our subconscious mind in a positive way. “The right colour raises tension, promotes stillness and intensifies presence”. His style majors on simple pallets believing that “when form gets quiet colour gets louder”. It is these ‘louder’ colours that directly influence the emotional mind enhancing feeling and mood and it is doing this with his art that inspires William to paint. “We all think too much, most peoples busy lives involve incessant thinking with little time for ‘being’ which is our natural, and far happier state. “If my art promotes even a little bit of ‘being’ in people then my work is worthwhile and I am happy”.

ARTIST STATEMENT

In the increasingly hectic world that we live in and the resulting constant demands placed on the human mind my artistic mission is to produce art that takes our attention away from our thoughts and quietens the mind accessing our deeper reserves of inner stillness and presence.

I believe that art now plays an even greater role then ever in peoples lives providing an escape from the busy mental patterns that keep us from our natural ‘still and quiet’ state of being.

Using colour and simple form my art draws attention from the mind to promote presence and stillness in those who view it. For even in short periods of ‘being’ without thought the resulting stillness and calm presence reminds us of who we really are and what really matters in our lives.