William Crump

Artist Statement

My paintings and drawings examine the traditional expectations set for most sons growing up in the suburbs of America. My work explores how youth gives way to maturity and rebellion becomes complacency. I'm interested in the change that occurs between adolescence and adulthood, brought on by innocence and experience. On the surface these paintings appear to be about athletics, relationships, and socials structure, however, they are a way of looking at the ideal. We often end up rejecting the romantic ideals that we set for ourselves or being rejected first.

I'm interested in the outside view and rejection of this ideal. The paintings reflect the contradictions of nostalgia, youth, freedom, and flight vs. the reality of the everyday struggle, transcendence , and the changes faced by maturity and wisdom.

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