Bill Oakes, 1944-2005, was an artist extraordinaire...a man who was larger than life and a lover of life and all of its gifts. He started out as a graphic artist doing illustrations and was even an accredited courthouse artist for the Watergate trials. One of his works appeared on the cover of the Washington Post. Bill's works appeared in magazines such as Time, National Geographic, Reader's Digest and Yankee. An accomplished representational watercolorist Bill eventually evolved to his present dramatic experimentalist abstract style...the Museum of Science did a major show of his work. A passionate painter, sculptor and photographer, Bill did it all. A true artists' artist...he is missed.
Featured Works:
Marriage of Disparate Forces
Mixed Media
Bird's Nest Metaphor
Mixed Media
Chyrochorus
Mixed Media
Ardency
Mixed Media
Insistent Motion
Mixed Media
Transmutrek
Mixed Media
Attachment to Pride
Mixed Media
Meeting Point
Mixed Media
Shard
Mixed Media
Pellucid
Mixed Media
Speechings
Mixed Media
Tinge
Mixed Media
Liquessence
Mixed Media
Renewal
Mixed Media
Tall Ships #1
Watercolor
Tall Ships #2
Watercolor
Rug Merchant - Moroccan Series
Watercolor
The Gossipers - Moroccan Series
Watercolor
No Pictures Please - Moroccan Series
Watercolor
Scratchy Suit
Pen and Ink - Private Collection -Not For Sale
Mindleaps - Bill's Einstein
Original Handprinted Silkscreen
Bolt Hole
Photograph
Cloud
Photograph
Cylinder City
Photograph
Chrome Reflect
Photograph
F Train
Photograph
Fire in the Hole
Photograph
Lite Companion
Photograph
Flat Earth
Photograph
Nautical Balloon
Photograph
Man in the Snow Moon
Photograph
Train at Old Stop
Photograph
Take the City
Photograph
Train Ticket
Photograph
Woods
Photograph