Bill Hutson

Born in San Marcos, Texas on September 6, 1936, Bill Hutson has devoted his career to exploring abstract expressionism in which the material used to create art becomes the art itself. Attracted to found objects, often benign in meaning and quotidian products of his own environment, Hutson seeks to create work that recontextualizes the materials and transforms their meaning.

With a keen attentiveness to tactile and planar inclinations, Hutson turns to the principles of architecture and construction; he creates textured surfaces that are inherent in his seemingly tactile work. Stemming from an early interest in the desire to know how things are made and dismantled, he utilizes these techniques in an effort to fulfill his mantra: “Don’t just paint, build the painting.”

Prior to settling in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Hutson forged lasting relationships with artists in the communities where he has lived. These include England, France, The Netherlands, Italy, Nigeria, Senegal, India and other areas of the U.S. Bill Hutson currently serves as the Jennie Brown Cook and Betsy Hess Cook Distinguished Artist-in-Residence at Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

It is through Hutson’s role as an active artist, educator and curator that we can continue the narrative around abstraction and the discussion about whether an “object looks real and is, or is not art.”

Bio courtesy of www.billhutson.com. Link to full bio: http://www.billhutson.com/about/