Artist's Statement:
I am a narrative painter and I tell stories with my art. I try to create a re-imagined reality through allegory and trans-formative narrative. In our dreams, metaphor and symbol are a universal language. Through the process of dreaming we can contextualize seemingly incongruous events, imply meaning and help us understand our own story. I acknowledge the richly magical and mystical quality of our unconscious mind and endorse the use of dream-like metaphor and symbolism in my work, which is unrestricted by time and space. Combining these basic principles with an often-healthy dose of humor, use of anachronism and appropriation, I create for myself a full and potent tool chest from which to work.
William Reed - Houston, Texas. 2024
