Bill Reid

"I was taught that each time you touch the canvas, it is a defining moment."

THE ARTIST ON PAINTING:

Do I tell of the energized atmospheric mists that I see in my mind's eye? Do I detail the movement of energy through these states where eternal souls pass by, each carrying a piece of the sum of all knowledge? To do this might give an accurate account of what inspires my work, what I see, feel and live. However, it would not describe the work itself. Painting is the active interaction between these states -- the canvas and myself. To allow this energy to flow through me, the channel, and touch itself to the canvas, constructing its own physical presence within our world is magic. As the energy flows through me, a dance develops where truths beyond self are revealed, coming to life on the surface before me. As the painting finishes itself there I am, the explorer, the first to see the previously unseen. For myself, the Zen of this process, when I am completely immersed in the formation of art, it is at this time that I am most alive. As the caterpillar must give itself to the cocoon so that a butterfly may fly free, I enter the studio.

BA: Studio Art, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY
1978

San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
1977

Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
1974-75

Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2003-2005

Jamie Brice Gallery, Sedona, AZ
2002-2003

New Urban Art, Phoenix, AZ
2002

Jordan Road Gallery, Sedona, AZ
2002

Pinnacle Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
2001

47th Street Studio, Kansas City, MO
1994

Uptown Gallery, Kansas City, MO
1993


Commissioned Works and Private Collections