Painter
Bill painted into his mid-20s but gave it up after university to pursue his work in theology. Thirty years later, he returned to painting by taking a drawing workshop (to master shape, form and perspective), followed by a workshop in color theory, and a number of courses in painting. Four years later, after 26 years as Professor of Pastoral Theology, he retired to paint. His passion now is Art.
He prefers working in abstracts (primarily in acrylics) because the viewer can bring personal life experience to it: I am intrigued when a painting touches something within another person, when something is seen that I had not seen, when the painting assumes a meaning and depth that is unique to the viewer.
Unlike the organization required to teach, Bill finds that art allows a freedom of being. A blank canvas presents him an opportunity for form and colour to take shape which over time takes a particular direction and life of its own. Often, however, canvases present a struggle (like life) where a direction leads to a dead end and only by retracing the journey on canvas and beginning again (a new road) can the meaning, the form, the colour emerge.