NAME: William Swanson
BIRTH PLACE: Chicago, Illinois
BIRTH DATE: 5.28.70
BIOGRAPHY
The situations presented in my paintings are diagrammatic renderings of engineered environments. I like to pose a fictional view of the ever-changing state of nature and it’s various forms of adaptation. Selected elements from the natural world persist within the architecture of limitation and categorization. Trees, plants and mushrooms flourish in crystalline formations in the face of bleak prospects. Walls block the growth of would be forests. I imagine the sub-structure of a landscape exposed and visible to reveal networks of hidden layers. The inorganic mimics the organic within these networks in a melding of form and function. Light becomes subjective since so many sources co-exist within a given space. Depicting this multi faceted condition is a challenge I like to take on in my work. I also find a challenge in the positioning of my view onto this altered nature while maintaining a sense of wonderment and critical appreciation for the oddities within it. I am represented by Heather Marx Gallery, SF: heathermarxgallery.com and Walter Maciel Gallery, LA: waltermacielgallery.com and DCKT, NY: dcktcontemporary.com
