Artist Tom Willis and his wife Guerry (at right) and at left is Elvis Farr of Clayton.
Tom Willis of Efland, formerly of Morehead City, has an exhibit of his artwork at The Clayton Center in March, part of the monthly exhibitions sponsored by Clayton Visual Arts.
Willis, who has been painting for over 40 years, has a bachelor of fine arts degree from East Carolina University and did graduate studies at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
He studied with such artists as Francis Speight, Peter Agostini, and Ben Burns, and his work is found in private collections from coast to coast. He has shown and won awards in many group shows, juried exhibitions and galleries primarily in North Carolina
Willis paints with acrylics and said his paintings represent an outpouring of emotion, intellect and energy combining classical themes with political and religious diversity. “The works find the inner dynamics of the essential pictorial elements of color, line, shape and space within the painting,” he said. “This becomes a transcendental experience that can be somehow deeply moving and even magical.”
He said his work connects with the viewer on many levels: sensuously, emotionally, spiritually and intellectually.
In viewing his paintings, Willis said viewers may “sense the music, magic, humor and beauty that is a part of the greater human experience that we all share.”
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