Two hilltops away
Oil on canvas, 61 x 48 cm, 2023
William turns a quiet portrait scene into a meditation on creativity and release. Two faceless figures occupy a traditional interior, yet the woman’s head opens into a flock of birds, each carrying fragments outward into the surrounding space. The image suggests instinct as a creative force that moves beyond fixed identity, language, or personal control. Rather than centering the artist’s ego, the work points toward a separation of ego, where creation becomes something shared, dispersed, and no longer fully owned by its maker. The birds imply independence, as if each work or idea must eventually leave its source and find its own direction. Through this act of letting go, the painting frames creativity not as possession, but as trust in what can continue beyond the self. 
This work seems to speak to creativity itself, framing it as an instinct that persists beyond identity and form. The wooden figure and faceless partner as portrait subjects, perhaps suggest a separation of ego from creativity. The birds emerge as individual works released from the artist, each carrying its own fragment of potential connection into the world. Once set in motion, they detach from their origin, seeking meaning and purpose independent of their creator. Their flight implies that creation is not an act of control, but of letting go—of trusting that what is made will find its own audience, its own context, its own life. 
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Creativity   ✚
Creativity
William turns a quiet portrait scene into a meditation on creativity and release.
Instinct   ✚
Instinct
The image suggests instinct as a creative force that moves beyond fixed identity, language, or personal control.
Separation of ego  ✚
Separation of ego
Rather than centering the artist’s ego, the work points toward a separation of ego
Independence   ✚
Independence
The birds imply independence, as if each work or idea must eventually leave its source and find its own direction.
Letting go   ✚
Letting go
Through this act of letting go, the painting frames creativity not as possession, but as trust in what can continue beyond the self.

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Two hilltops away
Oil on canvas, 61 x 48 cm, 2023
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William turns a quiet portrait scene into a meditation on creativity and release. Two faceless figures occupy a traditional interior, yet the woman’s head opens into a flock of birds, each carrying fragments outward into the surrounding space. The image suggests instinct as a creative force that moves beyond fixed identity, language, or personal control. Rather than centering the artist’s ego, the work points toward a separation of ego, where creation becomes something shared, dispersed, and no longer fully owned by its maker. The birds imply independence, as if each work or idea must eventually leave its source and find its own direction. Through this act of letting go, the painting frames creativity not as possession, but as trust in what can continue beyond the self. 
From the Artist
This work seems to speak to creativity itself, framing it as an instinct that persists beyond identity and form. The wooden figure and faceless partner as portrait subjects, perhaps suggest a separation of ego from creativity. The birds emerge as individual works released from the artist, each carrying its own fragment of potential connection into the world. Once set in motion, they detach from their origin, seeking meaning and purpose independent of their creator. Their flight implies that creation is not an act of control, but of letting go—of trusting that what is made will find its own audience, its own context, its own life. 
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