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William T. Ayton / 80 items
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Constellation XR
17
photos,
18
videos
Constellation Art Project.
Towers of Babel
57
photos,
4
videos
Some pieces depicting or containing the Tower of Babel...and other towers sometimes...
monochrome paintings
240
photos
Black and white. Mix them together, you get gray.
b/w ink drawings
953
photos
Mostly done with brush on Bristol Vellum or similar. And some sepia ink occasionally. Also includes soluble carbon drawings.
AR/VR & Computer Art
87
photos,
37
videos
Purely digital (mostly 3D) pieces, including Augmented Reality & Virtual Reality works.
Manna from Psyche and the Psyche series
16
photos,
3
videos
An augmented reality installation in Mesa, Arizona, and variations thereof.
Melancholy
20
photos
It's a theme.
color / monochrome paintings
779
photos
From 1991 to the present. Mostly acrylic on various supports (board, plywood, canvas, paper). A few oils. Also many monochrome pieces.
of trees & men
79
photos,
4
videos
Works related to trees, tree [wo]men & man-trees(?)
Chaos Series
20
photos
As the name suggests, a series of drawings with a loose connection to ordered reality. A mix of surrealism, Bosch/Breughel, comic books, sci-fi, & anything else I can think of. A sequence of...
Böcklin's Isle of the Dead
36
photos,
1
video
And similar works/other islands.
Printed Works
15
photos
Book covers, posters, illustrations, etc. A small selection.
works on card/board
205
photos
Ink drawings on cardboard (or card). With white acrylic. Sometimes, black acrylic, too.
mythology
145
photos,
1
video
Some artwork inspired by Greek and other myths.
ancient heads
23
photos
A recurring theme of old & sometimes grotesque heads.
the world series
129
photos,
1
video
A selection of works somehow depicting the world.
some angels
75
photos,
1
video
Most of my angels are on loan from Rilke's Duino Elegies or the Wenders movie Wings of Desire...flawed, beautiful & terrifying...
The Book of Revelations
52
photos
Or The Revelation. The End of Days. The Day of Reckoning. Ayton's Apocalypse. A series of 52+ paintings.
Ships & Fools
31
photos
Together or individually.
Minotaurs
15
photos
A variety of Minotaurs.
Eyes
30
photos
Some eyes, and a cyclops or two.
Kings & Queens
31
photos
Some Kings & a Queen or 2...
Modified Humans
50
photos
And suchlike—a selection of some of my more surrealistic images.
It's the End of the World as we know it...
45
photos
...and that can't be good...
Nocturnal
51
photos
Darkness and such...
digitally / altered
38
photos
Some drawings that have been altered in Photoshop. I don't do this very often (there are just a handful of images here), but I occasionally find it useful & surprising to modify the images...
in humanity 1991-2011
37
photos
This was a series of about 12 drawings that I started in 1991, around the same time as I did a series on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). The intention was always to do a larger...
Coronavirus series
69
photos,
1
video
A series of works directly or indirectly in response to the current pandemic. Created in lockdown in Arizona. And now, back in Rhinebeck NY.
Narcissus
27
photos
An enduring theme in my artwork. Plus one Echo.
Working Drawings
4
photos
These are mainly for Augmented Reality (AR) projects.
New Babel AR
7
photos,
1
video
An Augmented Reality public art installation/activation in Union Square Park, NYC, for The New School's 100th Anniversary "Festival of New" and beyond.
A Warning
24
photos
A series of 24 monochrome paintings.
scapes
156
photos
Various kinds of landscape-related pieces.
tondos
83
photos
Round paintings & drawings. Also, an oval or two.
mountains
30
photos
Some mountains.
Heaven and Hell
126
photos
An ongoing series that has been slowly unfolding for several years (in fact, about 20). Ultimately, the series will probably comprise around 100 pieces. Or, actually, more.
4 last things
13
photos
Death, Judgment, Heaven and Hell. With some related works.
Colossi
27
photos
Very large figures, statues & gods.
Gods, Goddesses, Deities
19
photos
An occasional collection of works on the theme of superhuman entities of various kinds.
Birds etc.
32
photos
Birds and other creatures.
Large Paintings
10
photos
Paintings of considerable physical size.
unnatural history
39
photos
Artwork concerning animals, plants, etc.
Lost Souls
23
photos
Artworks on a lost soul theme...
The 18
18
photos
A series of 18 color paintings that serve as a "looking back" over my career so far, and a "looking forward" to the future. Also, a meditation on life, the world, humanity, and...
etc
24
photos
Things that don't quite fit in the other sets.
Seasons
15
photos
Spring (Primavera), Summer, Fall & Winter.
seven deadly
16
photos
Some drawings & paintings for a series on the seven deadly sins.
intricate
159
photos
I wanted a place to put some of my more intricate, delicate and complex drawings.
Eggs
16
photos
If you want to paint an omelette, first you have to paint some eggs.
ETE
60
photos
Eternity truncated, or the French word for summer...a series of drawings started in summer 2016.
Miniatures
9
photos
Very small paintings etc.
The Book of Creation
6
photos
Drawing Pad
40
photos
These drawings are all from the same drawing pad. They date from May 2013 to February 2015.
UDHR
15
photos
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights drawings & paintings. From the early 1990s, exhibited in Europe & the USA. The entire series of artworks can be seen at www.udhrart.org.
The Book of Souls
32
photos
A collaboration with Tim Lowly. This collection includes the finished spreads from The Book of Souls, as well as some of the original drawings & pieces that may not appear in the finished work.
Pietàs
10
photos
Some Pietàs and related works.
iconic heads
108
photos
A selection from among my many drawings and paintings of heads. Most of these are invented, but some are based on actual people.
death
24
photos
The flipside of life...
top 36
36
photos
Originally intended to be my personal top 10, that proved impossible to whittle down to, so 36 should be easier...perhaps...
there is a land...
5
photos
A large image made up of 5 panels.
apocalyptic
77
photos
I've destroyed the world several times now...
Timeless series
11
photos
A series of drawings from 2008.
shadow bay
24
photos
Shadow Bay is a visual noir crime novel done in collaboration with writer Donald J. Rothschild during the period from summer 2009 to early 2010. The cover painting and one additional (replacement)...
select
47
photos
A personal & idionsyncratic selection of some of my "best" artworks, old & new. Flickr's linear & chronological method of displaying images means that many quality works become...
select 2
48
photos
A personal selection of some of the best (IMO) pieces from the last year or so. These are new pieces, I avoided selecting new uploads of older works This set is the sequel to the original...
the holocaust
13
photos
From a series I started in 2005 that was intended to be a collaboration with a composer.
figures
105
photos
Selected depictions of the human form.
collaboration with NCM
37
photos
A series of collaborative drawings with NC Mallory on a specified title or theme. Drawn as simultaneously as we can manage, given our 3-hour time difference & varying logistical challenges.
tinted
41
photos
ink drawings on tinted paper
sketchbooks
88
photos
Ink drawings from several recycled-paper sketchbooks.
pencil drawings
28
photos
Some pencil drawings and sketches of portraits, etc.
drawings from life
2
photos
Mostly done in 2007 in my studio.
JKPP
43
photos
Julia Kay's Portrait Party.
silverpoint
9
photos
Silverpoint drawings from 2009. The main problem with silverpoint drawing is its lack of tonal range, which can be alleviated somewhat by the use of colored ground & hightlighting with white.
love, war, fire, wind
9
photos
Book of poetry/art done in collaboration with NYC poet Eliot Katz. The book contains over 60 pieces. Available from Amazon & all good booksellers, online & off. Narcissus Press, 2009.
photos
27
photos
Including head shots for Julia Kay & so on.
friezes
10
photos
Artworks made of multiple panels
Saints
5
photos
Some images of saints.
Dignity & Justice
65
photos
Socio-political artworks.
Rise of the...
18
photos
or fall...
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