William Millstein

I was born in Brooklyn, New York.
In today's environment, there are a number of issues of great concern to me. Particularly, I think of the existential possibilities of the human race (i.e. climate change, political hostilities, racial animus, etc.). However it's not much fun to depict such themes without becoming voyeuristic or depressed victims ourselves. I prefer paintings that one can be comfortable viewing (like Tom Nozkowski’s work or the Dreaming paintings of Australian aborigines), while actively thinking positively. So when I began writing some genre screenplays, I wanted subconscious story to resonate with the viewer. I thought that intimate pastels would comfortably introduce dramatic elements without becoming offensive. The theme isn't overt. It may be suggested by the absence of humans or organic forms we can't recognize. Large acrylic paintings punctuate turning points in my ongoing vision.

Undergraduate: BFA Cooper Union
Graduate studies: Pratt Institute, Fine Arts
Graduate studies: CUNY, Radio & TV .

Artists Guild of Boca Raton
Brooklyn Working Artists Coalition, Brooklyn
LACE, Los Angeles “Countdown to the Next MillenniumAbstract Alien Custonesque Cp;prfi; Organic Inorganic Intrusion Radiation”
SITE, Los Angeles “Everything in Site”
West End Collegiate Church, NYC “Young New York Painters First Invitational”