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William Betts

Visual Artist: Paintings - Visual Artist: Prints / Digital Art

About the artist: I have always had a deep interest in the relationship between people and technology. Trained as a painter, I believe that there are unique qualities in painting as a sensuous experience that can be enhanced using technology and it can provide views we could not otherwise experience. These paintings have their roots in digital photography, industrial technology processes, and classical painting. Using personal photographs as source images the paintings represent a sample of digital information from these images expanded to create an abstract work while maintaining the emotive essence of the view.

Using a proprietary technology of my own development for paint application, I execute the work in acrylic or oil paint using colors mixed specifically for the image. While time consuming, the process allows for a high level of detail and resolution without which the paintings would fail to reach their potential.

The resulting paintings capture and amplify the essence of the view by focusing on their organic rhythms and color relationships while removing other objective information. Void of forms or context, the visual sensation is isolated from memory and association that would dilute the experience. Executed in a traditional medium, the paintings maintain the unique qualities of the medium while presenting a new and unique view that until very recently would have been impossible to experience.