{"title":"David Willis","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0284\/9275\/9172\/files\/image_480x480.jpg?v=1632413217\" width=\"163\" height=\"251\" data-mce-selected=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDavid Willis is known as a contemporary abstract painter. Using an abstract painterly language, Willis creates landscape-like images with pictorial depth and a sense of physical space.\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe evolution of recent bodies of work has seen a deeper engagement with the natural world. In the \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJungle\u003c\/i\u003e series the gestural brushstrokes become plantlike forms shrouded in the shadows of the Jungle. The latest series \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eUndersea\u003c\/i\u003e directs the focus to elemental waves and marine flora.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"s1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThese biological landscapes find meaning in the richly textured surfaces, where the physical properties of the material are embraced, and no attempt is made to hide the rough trace of the artist’s hand.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"s1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe paintings champion the natural world, protecting these habitats by immortalizing them in paint. The work therefore becomes a political statement, rejecting human primacy - as no figures appear throughout. 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