BILL WALTON

GREEN MARKER - x

copper/wood/paint

4 x 9 x 2 1/2

Hello All,
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I was a printmaking major at Moore in the late 80's, Bill was my under-graduate instructor and mentor. We remained good friends over the next 25 years. I got to work with Bill again as I finished my MFA at Uarts in 2007. For the second time, Bill served on my thesis panel. I can't begin to say how much I learned from him. I am not sure that anything I could say could honor him enough. I would need lots of time to polish up my words.
My graduate writing professor Tom Csaszar actually wrote several reviews of Bill's work over the years. My favorite story is how one review of his work was a haiku. Bill was that kind of man. He and his work quite simply inspired poetry.
Bill received the Lois Fernley award from Arcadia. The result was an incredibly poetic little book about Bill and his work. It's contents hold a collection of essays about Bill and images of his work. His long time friend Eileen Neff wrote a lovely piece. I highly recommend you take a look at the book if you want some good insight. I have a copy with a little note from Bill that I will treasure always. Here are some images of the show he had at The Print Center back in June. He was working on it until the time of his death this past April.