Oil on Canvas, 36" x 60", 2022, St. Louis, MO

The Son

Oil on Canvas, 48" x 72", 2023, St. Louis, MO

Love

I used an intricate, colored collage of pronto plate prints to convey the depth of feeling with which the world still mourns the Titanic and her passengers. Is the story timeless because of its supremely terrifying nature, like Pompeii? Or is it that, in an Industrial Age, it remains a start reminder of the disastrous consequences of overconfidence in technology? The front of the shirt is symbolic, six boxes representing the six compartments which flooded. The fabric holding the prints has been cut and sewn back together, pieces are missing and the overall form is distorted. Two ways of representing and understanding the same event: a tragic false sense of security in engineering excellence, and a brutal display of nature's indifference and unrelenting force. 

Titantic 

This work centers on cellophane printing and the creation of structured flight, which I chose for its geometric qualities and functionality as a stand-alone sculpture post-flight. Simultaneously using two plates and actual leaves that I moved between the plates in a layering process created this effect. 

Exploration of Flying

Watercolor on Paper, 26" x 20", 2023, St. Louis, MO

Daze

Watercolor on Paper, 16" x 20", St. Louis, MO

Supper

Guitar Player

Oil on Canvas Board, 16" x 20", (2023); St. Louis, MO

Reflection

30" x 36" oil on canvas (2023); St. Louis, MO

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William Masters