My work relates to my fascination with how the universe is assembled. I see the constant building up and disintegration of things around us and yet feel that it is all tied together with patterns or structures, making order out of the chaos.

Throughout my painting process I delight in wrestling with this balance between structure and randomness. I have a great passion for painting “outside the lines” but I feel I must also establish a framework to hold everything in place. One supports the other.

Although my work is primarily seen as painting, there are many elements of sculpture in my process involving wood, metal and plaster. This ‘construction’ is an important part of the work for me and I enjoy letting the materials guide me to the focus of the painting.

Bill Wilkinson
September 2006