Artist
I started as a photographer and still produce photographs. I had a basic course in photography in my last year of college. Ever since that class, my first experience in visual arts, I’ve had a mild compulsion to create visual images that strike a chord in me.
When I first began showing these paintings, my first response was a little feeling of shock – “Roads? All my paintings have roads?” (Even occasionally when I do a painting that doesn’t have a road, it still has that atmospheric quality and looks into the distance). It’s not a scheme or plan – that is, to paint paintings with roads.
It’s just that roads are a marvelous vehicle for taking one’s imagination into a painting, especially one that evokes the sort of emotional qualities that I like for these paintings to have.
If I’m successful, the viewer should know…
- Group Exhibits
- Solo Exhibits
- Collections
| Year | Exhibit | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | LaGrange National Biennial | LaGrange, GA |
| 2004 | Art Auction Museum | Montgomery, AL |
| 1999 | Triennial Southeastern Juried Exhibition Museum of Art | Mobile, AL |
| 1998 | LaGrange National Biennial | LaGrange, GA |
| 1996 | “Landscapes” Heike Pickett Gallery | Lexington, KY |
| 1996 | Art Auction Museum | Montgomery, AL |
| 1995 | “Inside/Outside” Cumberland Gallery | Nashville, TN |
| 1995 | Blue Spiral 1 | Asheville, NC |
| 1994 | Wyndy Morehead Gallery | New Orleans, LA |
| 1993 | Southside Gallery | Oxford, MS |
| 1993 | Juried Art Exhibit Arts Festival | Memphis, TN |
| 1992 | Gallery 300 Jubilee Cultural Alliance | Marietta, GA |
| 1989 – 1990 | Decatur Arts Visual Arts Show | Decatur, GA |
| 1988 | Aina Parmelee Gallery | Ft. Lauderdale, FL |
| 1986 | The All New Mattress Factory Show | Atlanta, GA |
| 1986 | The Atlanta Photo Salon Nexus Gallery | Atlanta, GA |
| 1985 | Contemporary Southern Landscapes | Tampa, FL |
| 1985 | “Atlanta in France” | Paris, France |
| 1984 | “Portrait of the South” | Rome, Italy |
| 1984 | Ten Southern Photographers Friedus Gallery | New York, NY |
| 1983 | SECCA Winston | Salem, NC |
| 1982 | Gilbert Gallery | Chicago, IL |
| 1982 | “Artists in Georgia” LaGrange College | LaGrange, GA |
| 1981 | American Visions | NYU, NY |
| 1980 | Southeastern Photography Exhibition Greenville Museum | Greenville, SC |
| 1978 | Fine Art Museum of the South | Mobile, AL |
| Year | Exhibit | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Bill Turner Retrospective: Photos and paintings from 1978-2015 | Coweta Centre for Visual and Performing Arts Francoise Gilot Gallery in Newnan GA |
| 1998 | Vermilion Gallery | Atlanta, GA |
| 1997 | Southside Gallery | Oxford, MS |
| 1993 | Bennet Galleries | Nashville, TN |
| 1992 | Marietta Cobb Museum | Marietta, GA |
| 1985 | Fay Gold Gallery | Atlanta, GA |
| 1982 | Charles Cowles Gallery | New York, NY |
| 1980 | Fourth Street Photo Gallery | New York, NY |
| Exhibit | Location |
|---|---|
| Bavarian Motor Works | Greenville, SC |
| Columbus Museum | Columbus, GA |
| Albany Museum | Albany, GA |
| Fine Art Museum of the South | Mobile,AL |
| Georgia Power Company | Atlanta, GA |
| Coca Cola USA | Atlanta, GA |
| IBM | Charlotte, NC |
| Heery & Heery Architects | Atlanta, GA |
| Southern Progress | Birmingham, AL |
| Chase Manhattan Bank | New York, NY |