Infinity Art Gallery "Black and White Expo" announced their award winners in September 2014.
My work "Winged Victory" won BEST IN SHOW. The site is here: BEST IN SHOW
The jurors statement is below:
My work "Winged Victory" won BEST IN SHOW. The site is here: BEST IN SHOW
The jurors statement is below:
Best in Show ~ William Ishmael
Winged Victory ~ 24” x 48”
Winged Victory successfully evokes a glorified past without glossing over (pardon the pun) the distance between that time and our present day. By combining the Japanese principle of finding beauty in imperfection with allusions (figural and titular) to the celebrated ruins of Greek statuary, William Ishmael creates a beautiful fusion of time, culture, and the destructive forces of each. With deceptively simple figures, this work reminds us that damaged is not synonymous with obsolete or ugly. Quite the opposite.
— Juror: Maggie Witt
Winged Victory ~ 24” x 48”
Winged Victory successfully evokes a glorified past without glossing over (pardon the pun) the distance between that time and our present day. By combining the Japanese principle of finding beauty in imperfection with allusions (figural and titular) to the celebrated ruins of Greek statuary, William Ishmael creates a beautiful fusion of time, culture, and the destructive forces of each. With deceptively simple figures, this work reminds us that damaged is not synonymous with obsolete or ugly. Quite the opposite.
— Juror: Maggie Witt