An Open Isolation
By Steve Desroches August 25, 2021
Source: Provincetown Magazine
One man has his eyes closed, but his posture doesn’t communicate that he’s sleeping. The other man is in a relaxed repose with a content expression. Then again it could have a touch of melancholy. The light implies they’re in direct sun, though its setting. Or perhaps it’s artificial light, since the shadows suggest a touch of levitation, but nothing magical, just an illusion. With very little exertion and just the slightest extension, the two men could touch. But there’s a chance they aren’t even in the same physical space. They may just be manifesting the image of each other in a daydream and this image is of a place where fantasy goes to take a more literal form.
Forest Williams: A Retrospective: 1990’s to Present is on exhibition at AMP Gallery Through September 15, 2021.
Woodsmen (Heading Out), oil on wood panel, 40x72 in, 2012
Garden, oil on wood panel, 50x72 in, 2010
