Will Tait

Trained at The Art Students League of New York
Work included in the permanent print collection at The California Palace of the Legion of Honor in San Francisco.

Currently - late 2012 - I am working on a series of images of dancers rehearsing. These originated from time spent at a dance studio where I drew the dancers during their rehearsals.


Throughout my artwork in drawing, painting, wood relief carving, glass, and metal, I strive to articulate the dynamic interplay of forces that ebb and flow between energy and resistance. A reverence for nature and a fascination with pattern are both central to my work, which increasingly I am exploring vis-à-vis architectural applications and public sculpture. My interest in these themes stems from a longstanding interest in the links between art, technology, nature, and metaphysics. When I was a child, my great uncle, Robert Johns, exposed me to fine art as well as natural history, toting me along to the De Young Museum and the California Academy of Sciences. As a young man I raced sailboats. Later in life I took up extreme kayaking. These diverse activities share a common thread with my fine-art practice across various media: a visceral and conceptual involvement with the mys...

Art Students League of New York

Laying Down the Mark/juried exhibit of drawings at Olive Hyde Gallery, Fremont California September 14 through October 13 / 2012

Pressing Matters / National Juried print exhibit / Pacific Art League Gallery, Palo Alto California / Juror - Valerie Wade, director at Crown Point Press - San Francisco