BILL DOHERTY

title: Untitled #3, 2007
Oil and gesso on canvas

Since abandoning portraiture in1972 after my involvement with it for two years, I ventured into a pursuit of painting in the purest way possible, deriving as much information as could be achieved in the least number of elements. This idea and interest developed out of my experimentation with Sumi. From this point to the present, I've always used conventional materials in conjunction with unconventional ones. Working abstractly in a more and more minimal way, I began deconstructing the picture plane and carried that through to the painting support itself.
Starting over again, this time working with abstraction collaboratively with Glenn Garver from 2002 through 2004, my paintings, independent of our collaboration, have become more intricate. Not only did our venture together propel my development greatly, it helped expand my vocabulary and presented me with challenges I could not have encountered continuing solely on my own. Since then to the present my work has sought it's natural expression and is minimal once again.

BILL DOHERTY
August, 2007