William Yates

I was born and raised in the Midwest in the 60's and 70's . I joined the navy and was honorably discharged under medical circumstances, caused during my service. I married had 2 children, moved to Las Vegas Nevada in 1986. subsequently I moved my family to Washington state. From 1992 to 2006, when I moved just myself back to Las Vegas. I discovered painting after I had to retire for medical reasons. I first felt I would be the next Van Gogh but found impressionism to not speak to my artistic soul, I found myself experimenting with color and shape and slowly developed my style. I discovered that color and shapes (primarily triangular shapes) spoke to my creative instincts. I am now firmly dedicated to Hardedge. GeometrIhaic,Colorfield and Abstract geometric painting. I believe each work should be left to the viewer to decide what their take on it is. I generally title my paintings with a word or two that have little to nothing directly connected to the image! I believe that shape and pattern recognition are driven from our pre historic mental make up , first as a self defense mechanism , and now as a way to stimulate our creative and artistic sides of our minds. Open yourself to this style and lose yourself in the art!
update: I have been away from painting for awhile . I have been ill with a recurrent medical problem. I lost both my desire and my creative vision I am happy to be back and productive i hope you find my work pleasing after my absence i have recently moved to Florida
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I am a self taught artist. I began to paint in 2012, I saw myself as a post impressionist painter. I never felt artistically fulfiled until I began to experinent with shape and color, free from confines of landscapes.

Associated Arts of Ocean Shores Fine art open juried event, June 2019
Kingston Wa 60th annual juried art exhibition, Kingston Wa. June 2019
Penisula Art League 2019 Open Juried art show Sept thru Oct 2019
Collective Vision Gallery curated show Bremerton Wa Jan. Feb. 2020

Much of my influence is from the Hardedge styles that were first high lighted in California in the late to middle sixties. I don't have any specific artist or school to which i limit myself!

hardedge, geometric art, colorfield, triangles, shapes, color