William B Oliver ll

Art Gecko

This piece uses the element of  pointillism.The design is first applied lightly in pencil for the shape and then the colors were applied in the chosen locations and put in via colored pencils so that it corresponded with the markers that were used in the pointillism. I chose the black as a background to punctuate the colors used, then matted it in black to correspond with the black background.

Bomber Art

This piece was inspired by my love of old world war II aircraft and the art work that adorned the nose's of the fighter's and bomber's of that era, getting one of these from an original plane is costly and next to impossible making one was the only I would ever have one for myself, this one I made for my nephew who is in the navy and works on navy planes and the ordnance that they carry. All my bomber art pieces start out with a wooden buck and then are covered in a thin aluminum sheeting, small nails are put in to give it a riveted look then age with flat black paint then the art is applied and aged.

Woodland Lines

Woodland lines an incorporation of two design elements. The first element is the background, which was created by using thick and thin lines with a sepia toned water colored wash overlay giving the background a wood grained look. Then the second element of design of over lapping organic lines representing a tree is placed over the top. This piece was then matted in a leather brown corresponding matte board.