William P. Duffy

While primarily a landscape painter, I am also inspired by urban and still life subjects.

When I was younger I would have had so much more to say as to why I paint, how I paint and what I paint. But this really all you need to know,this is the essence of it.

I am not aware of any particular style of painting that I am trying to emulate, so much as simply being acutely aware of my own feelings and thoughts when I am painting either directly from life or the even more introspective posture in the studio. However I am finding that a particular motif or lighting and atmospheric situation is more likely to draw out of me deep-seated spiritual and emotional responses. I seek out those places and situations.

Utterly immersed, painting from life, is the best way for me to become aware of what I think and feel about where I am. A personal response to life is the result. These sketches can then be used,very much the same way as a writer would use a journal,to develop larger paintings in the studio.

All of this introspection is aimed at creating personal,original and evocative works of art, that, hopefully, touch my audience in a deeply satisfying way. Ultimately, I try to get in touch with my soul and stir the souls of others.