Bill Jameson North Carolina Born in 1944 in Honea Path, South Carolina, William Jameson has always felt strong ties to his native region. Bill credits growing up surrounded by the natural beauty and rich history of South Carolina with inspiring his childhood ambitions of becoming an artist. After studying with Frank Rampola at the Ringling School of Art and Design in Florida, Jameson continued his studies while teaching landscape painting and life drawing as a graduate assistant at the Instituto Allende in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. Bill’s passion for history and nature allow him to create introspective landscapes embodying the full range of local color and timeless contrasts. He rejects the term “scene” in reference to his works; rather, he defines his landscapes as “explorations.” This approach to his subject matter enables Bill to create compositions that go beyond mere depictions of the surface beauty offered by the landscape. Jameson explores his subject matter in detail, and in the process reveals the mystery and profound power of nature. The effect is literal and sentimental interpretation of nature. Each painting is a reflection of the dual relationship between man and nature, painter and observer. “Ideally, I am inclined to think about the landscape without the intrusion of man and his continual need to build something, to tear up and rearrange te earth. On the other hand, its man’s presence that sometimes provides the provoking subject. My love for the natural landscape of the South is inherited culturally and geographically. I love the land for its history, its harshness and its beauty.” Bills paintings are on exhibit at the Warm Springs location during the months of August and September.
Posted on: Sun, 24 Aug 2014 14:13:14 +0000