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BILL WHEELER Born 1948 |
| Bill
Wheeler is a
printmaker and painter. He creates his artwork
as a kind of
visual music, tensions in balance, inspired by the musical
elements of
the fugue, counterpoint and thematic
variations. And as
Time
is a major component of music, his interest in archaeology
and the
passage
of time plays a major role in many of the pieces.
“Printmaking is my primary medium of expression. I usually try to incorporate some kind of print media in most of my art. Even my paintings and drawings usually incorporate elements of or are influenced by the techniques of the original print, especially viscosity prints and relief prints. Artists traditionally test the limits of their preferred media, and printmakers have always been known to experiment. The inherent unpredictability of printmaking leads me to explore in new directions. I choose such a demanding form of expression because the visual effects made possible with the many print processes cannot be achieved by any other means. "For me, my work must convey a feeling of playfulness or I'm not interested in doing it. There is already enough angst in the world today without this artist contributing to it. Like Paul Klee and Wassily Kandinsky, two artists whose works have greatly influenced my style, I try to create my own fantasy world and invite my viewers in for the party.” |
CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
(partial listing)
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American National Mortgage Amfac Hotel, Los Angeles AMOCO Learning Center, Downer's Grove, IL ANA Sheraton Hotel, Osaka Apple Computer Avery Label Barbary Coast Hotel, Las Vegas Bank of America Columbia Pictures CitiCorp Compri Hotels Detroit Edison Disney Corporation, Disney World Dow Chemical Eli Lilly Emerson Electric, St. Louis Encyclopedia Britannica |
Federal Department of Insurance Corp. Fireman's Fund Insurance Ford Motor Company General American Life Insurance Co., St. Louis General Motors Getty Oil Hilton Hotels Holiday Inns Home Savings and Loan Association Hyatt Hotels IBM K-Mart/Kresge Corporate Headquarters Kaiser-Permanente Calvin Klein Cosmetics Litton Industries MCI Telecommunications Mitsui Manufacturer's Bank |
Nordstrom's Pacific Bell Pennsylvania Life Price Waterhouse Princess Cruise Lines Prudential Savings Ramada Inns Samaritan Health Services Saks Sheraton Hotels Southern California Edison Southern California Gas Company Technicolor, Inc. Toyota Motor Company TRW U.S. Air Warner Records Xerox |
PUBLIC ART INSTALLATIONS
AMOCO Learning Center, Downer's Grove, IL
Barbary Coast Hotel, Las Vegas
Compri Hotel, Ontario, CA
Epicentre Restaurant, Los Angeles
Escondido City Hall, Escondido, CA
General American Life Insurance Co., St. Louis
Kaiser-Permanente, Glendale, CA
Kerry International Hotel, Beijing
National Bank of Detroit, Detroit
Pacific Bell, San Francisco
Princess Cruise Lines: Grand Princess, Golden Princess
Ramada Inn, Agoura Hills, CA
Saks, Boca Raton, FL
Saks, Chevy Chase, MD
Saks, Kansas City, MO
San Diego State University, Malcolm A. Love Library
Scottsdale Memorial Hospital, Scottsdale, AZ
Sheraton Universal, Universal City, CA
U.S. Air
Terminal,
Phoenix International Airport