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Studio Notes

Short reflections from the studio, connecting new paintings, recovery, memory, poetry, and the ongoing book project.

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Notes to develop

These are starter entries that can later become longer posts, Substack pieces, or captions for new work.

01

Painting as a way back

Art remains a thread back to the self: a way of holding memory, pressure, fracture, and recovery in visible form.

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02

Water, weather, return

The latest work often uses blue movement, horizon, and shoreline colour as a language for uncertainty and repair.

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03

Signs in the surface

Hearts, figures, paths, windows, and repeated marks appear as emotional signals rather than literal symbols.

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Weekly writing

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William is developing weekly Substack extracts from each chapter of Breaking Back.