William Rowsell

I capture and visualise life as it happens around me. My inspiration comes to me only by looking and keeping an eye out for the off-chance moment of beauty that can be reflected in anything around me. I try and grab those moments either from memory or record it on the fly. Then I use the visual record to flow into a new line of work using a medium that fits what I want to express. Examples of this include my daughter jumping in the waves on a Norfolk beach or drawing in a live concert and translating the emotional flow of the music or painting in the dance studio feeling the dancer’s movement within my own body while connecting that flow into my painting hand. The subject can be anything, but the key is connecting with the subject at a level beyond mere representation. The work is lifeless unless my audience recognises it from their own experience and makes an emotional connection. This only comes from honest interpretation.

Cheshire School of Art and Design
Manchester Polytechnic (Illustration BA)
Central Saint Martins (Post Grad)
Royal Drawing School (Online Drawing Development Year) 2022

Studio22 group show at Gallery Green and Stone - March 2023