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"UDHR: The Vessel II" by William T. Ayton

FEATURED IMAGES:
Above: "The Vessel II" (UDHR), 10" x 8", acrylic on board, 2008. A new small painting of the central, recurring motif in the UDHR series of artworks. For more images, see www.udhrart.org.
Below: "The Vessel", also acrylic on board, 10" x 8", 2008.

"UDHR: The Vessel" by William T. Ayton
Below: "Face of Genocide", acrylic on board, 14" x 11", 2008.
Face of Genocide by William T. Ayton
Below: "Hubris", acrylic on board, 14" x 11", 2008.
Hubris by William T. Ayton
Below: "The Age of Reason", acrylic on board, 12" x 9", 2008.
The Age of Reason by William T. Ayton
Below: "No Sense of Tomorrow", acrylic on board, 10" x 8 ", 2008.
No Sense of Tomorrow by William T. Ayton
2008

These are new artworks created by William T. Ayton in 2008. They include a number of new monochrome works, and several new pieces related to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) artworks done in the early 1990s. More images will be added soon. Please check back.

Some of the pieces relate to the Eliot Katz/William T. Ayton book project, "Love, War, Fire, Wind: Looking Out from North America's Skull", available early 2009.

New: See the Timeless Drawings. Also, a new page of drawings of Heads, done in 2008.

Please click on the thumbnails below to see larger reproductions.

Nuclear Family by William T. Ayton
Nuclear Family
2008, 16" x 12"
acrylic on board
The Burden of the World II by William T. Ayton
The Burden of the World II
(see version I)
2008, 14" x 11"
acrylic on board
Stranger On The Shore by William T. Ayton
Stranger On The Shore
2008, 24" x 19"
acrylic on paper
Pure Soul by William T. Ayton
Pure Soul
2008, 10" x 8"
acrylic on board
The Prisoner by William T. Ayton
The Prisoner
2008, 28" x 22"
acrylic on paper
Empathy by William T. Ayton
Empathy
2008, 10" x 8"
acrylic on board
private collection
How to Detonate a Nuclear Bomb by William T. Ayton
How to Detonate a Nuclear Bomb
(see sketch also)
2008, 14" x 11"
acrylic on board

Wounded, Falling Colossus by William T. Ayton
Wounded, Falling Colossus
2008, 28" x 22"
acrylic on paper
Melancholy Venus by William T. Ayton
Melancholy Venus
2008, 24" x 18"
acrylic on paper
The Hungriest One by William T. Ayton
The Hungriest One
(see sketch also)
2008, 12" x 9"
acrylic on board
The Logic Of War by William T. Ayton
The Logic Of War
(see sketch also)
2008, 16" x 12"
acrylic on board
Twilight by William T. Ayton
Twilight
2008, 12" x 9"
acrylic on board
Annunciation by William T. Ayton
Annunciation
2008, 16" x 12"
acrylic on board
The Boy on the Camel by William T. Ayton
The Boy on the Camel
2008, 10" x 8"
acrylic on board
Madman by William T. Ayton
Madman
2008, 10" x 8"
brush & ink on paper
Seated Figure Among The Rocks by William T. Ayton
Seated Figure Among The Rocks
2008, 24" x 18"
acrylic on paper
The Captive by William T. Ayton
The Captive
2008, 10" x 8"
acrylic on board
Judgment Day by William T. Ayton
Judgment Day
2008, 24" x 18"
acrylic on paper

The Futurist by William T. Ayton
The Futurist
2008, 14" x 11"
acrylic on board

The Boy Who Saw the Future/The Boy Who Was the Future by William T. Ayton
The Boy Who Saw the Future/The Boy Who Was the Future
2008, 12" x 9" approx.
acrylic on board
Engine of Destruction by William T. Ayton
Engine of Destruction
2008, 14" x 11"
acrylic on board
  Ruined Wooden Head by William T. Ayton
Ruined Wooden Head
2008, 24" x 18"
acrylic on paper
 
     
     
     
 
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