What a good feeling it is to be painting again….four days of work…working with the community of Greenville and other counties that showed up to put a small mark on this painting
“All of we” acrylic paint on wood panel 7ft x 30ft commissioned by #prismahealth and organized by #artisphere2026 thanks to @thornbackgallery for bringing this entire thing together…it was a mountain of work and a short time to make in!
Thanks to the @fac_greenville for sending the best art assistants to help make the flow..flow!
#mural
#muralonpanal
#community
Special thanks to my track team who I love dearly and will remain active!
Acting is an art form… @wdowns.studio was an extra in the motion picture “landscape with invisible hand” check it out!
#landscapewithinvisiblehand
#landscapewithinvisiblehandmovie
#extra
#artworker
This was a moment when @wdowns.studio used the scissor lift as a tool for making one of his tallest wall drawings….
#walldrawing
#upbeforethesun☀️
#workingartist
#figuredrawing
#inkondrywall
400 Meter Runner
Acrylic and Ink on canvas
7ft x 5ft
2022
Somewhere between control and collapse this is where the body tells the truth.
The 400 isn’t just a race, it’s a negotiation with limits… lungs burning, legs unraveling, time stretching and compressing all at once.
I wanted this drawing to sit inside that moment where structure breaks into gesture, where the line stops describing and starts becoming the body itself. The marks chase each other, trip, repeat, resist… like breath, like stride, like thought under pressure.
Black holds it down. White tries to escape.
Everything in between is the human condition.
#Drawing #ContemporaryArt #400meterrun #GestureDrawing #MarkMaking
What a great semester with this classes of workers…this class was always in full attendance 🙏 here’s a glimpse of selected works from the semester starting with their very first drawing and on ward through learning how to use materials to get to the next level from structure to building forum and sound drawings…oh and we had fun getting there!
#usfartschool
#begginingdrawingclass
#contecrayondrawing
#stilllifedrawing
I met Jacob Lawrence #jacoblawrence (1993) one day after he gave a lecture at the High Museum of Art…I was in college at the Atlanta College of Art in my 2nd year…and he was on tour with his Migration Series exhibition! My goal was to just have 20seconds with him I need to tell him that @jamesdaviscampbell my art high school professor gave me a book about his work and that changed the way I thought about art making and as a printmaker I think about how I feel like his work! @watson33569 captured this moment of me in action teaching a printmaking workshop. We have to keep using our hands and make things
Registration link in bio.
Sunday, April 19 from 12:00–3:00
Join artist William Downs for a hands-on monotype printmaking workshop at the Kress Press Printmaking Lab at Kress Contemporary.
In this workshop, participants will learn basic monotype techniques, including inking, mark-making, layering, and image transfer, while experimenting with texture, spontaneity, and chance in a collaborative studio setting.
The workshop is presented by Kress Contemporary in partnership with Tempus Projects, and is sponsored by the University of South Florida’s College of Art, Design and Performance with support from Bank of America.
Space is limited to 12 participants.This is an all-ages workshop (ages 12 and up). Artists under 16 must be accompanied by a parent or chaperone.
About the Artist:
Downs received a BFA in Painting and Printmaking from the Atlanta College of Art and Design and an MFA from the Mount Royal School of Art at the Maryland Institute College of Art. His work has been presented in solo exhibitions at Sandler Hudson Gallery, Band of Vices Gallery, Derek Eller Gallery, the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, and the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis.
About our Partners:
The University of South Florida’s College of Art, Design and Performance supports innovative teaching, research, and community engagement across the arts. Through public programs and partnerships, the college works to expand access to arts education and connect academic resources with the broader community.
Here R some details from shots from : Memories are like endless roads, they seem to grow like thorns and vines that wind around our bodies.
India Inkwash and enamel on canvas
2026
