Throughout the year, the work of local artists adorn the walls of Von Anthony Salon.Currently, we are honored to be surrounded by the beautiful art of Bill Gerton.
Bill Gerton is an artist living in
Frisco, Texas. His passion is in many forms of creative expression,
including woodworking, custom
furniture, sculpture, and large-scale
abstract painting. Born and raised in Colorado, he was influenced by a
long line of artistic people and many variations of creativity. Now
nature and the elements are a significant source of inspiration, as are the
variety of nontraditional techniques and approaches to art.
"Painting for me is a
necessity, the desire to express myself through canvas and color is
overwhelming. My paintings are an act of energy, emotion, and a release
of creative expression. I find it almost impossible to contain or
restrict the size, color, or technique. My paintings run off the canvas.
I view the painting process as a
natural flow of movement, elements, color and chance, and enjoy the use of
nontraditional tools and methods, using sticks, blocks of wood, tree branches,
gravity, whichever tool creates drama and motion. While I enjoy the process
of rendering an abstract idea into reality, often times what a painting starts
as will morph into a completely different experience, depending on the
characteristics of the materials used, creating an evolving, almost living
piece.
I like to leave the interpretation
of my work to the beholder, even to the point of deciding how a painting should
hang. There is no top or bottom, just a painting that is meant for
nothing other than enjoyment."
