W.S. Morris was born in Phoenix, Arizona on February 14, 1965.  After completing
her Bachelor Degree of Fine Art at San Diego State University in 1999, she then
moved to Los Angeles where she currently lives and works.  Her paintings have
been presented in both solo and group exhibitions.  Ms. Morris is also a published
fiction writer and poet.
I am in pursuit of a visual solution which will best express the intangible realities
lurking behind the human form. My desire is to capture what it is about us as
human beings which makes us complicated and unique--namely our fragility.
Therefore in all my work, realistic depictions of the human figure are stretched
and dismantled in order to uncover what lay behind. In this way, my paintings
pay homage to Abstract Expressionists such as Willem de Kooning, Arshile Gorky
and Lee Krasner. Although ultimately my aim is to push this form of figurative
abstraction even further to include contemporary complexities.
Artist Biography
Artist Statement
Works on paper, canvas and wood with a variety of materials
including acrylic, oil, pastel, housepaint, charcoal, pencil and
watercolor.
Playa Del Rey, CA
B. A., Studio Arts, San Diego State University
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