The Art of William Woodward

Piedmont Business Journal – Mural, mural on the wall

Piedmont Business Journal – Mural, mural on the wall “Mural, mural on the wall: William Woodward leaves his mark on the art world” Betsy Burke Parker for Piedmont Business Journal (Summer 2013) Selected quote: Woodward’s larger-than-life murals stop people in their tracks where they are found around the nation. Every one of the millions of […]

GWU – Professor Woodward Brings Christo & Jeanne-Claude

GWU – Professor Woodward Brings Christo & Jeanne-Claude “Professor William Woodward Brings Big Names to George Washington University Department of Fine Arts” The George Washington University Newsletter (Summer 2002) Selected quote: At an exclusive opening for the Christo and Jeanne-Claude in the Vogel Collection exhibition at the National Gallery of Art, painting professor William Woodward decided to […]

Fauquier Citizen – An Artist, An Anachronism and A Charismatic Teacher

Fauquier Citizen – An Artist, An Anachronism and A Charismatic Teacher “William Woodward: An Artist, An Anachronism and A Charismatic Teacher” Mary Beth Martin for The Fauquier Citizen (October 2000) Selected quotes: “Light and movement seem to dance across the 21 paintings in his show opening Saturday, Oct. 21, and running for two weeks at […]

GWU – William Woodward’s Ringling Circus Mural

GWU – William Woodward’s Ringling Circus Mural The George Washington University Alumni Magazine (2000) Selected quote: Woodward is painting the largest mural in North America in the lobby of Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus headquarters in Northern Virginia. The work-in-process is exactly one-half the size of Michelangelo’s The Last Judgement. The painting’s theme is, appropriately, the […]

Fauquier Citizen – William Woodward’s Seven Deadly Sins

Fauquier Citizen – William Woodward’s Seven Deadly Sins “William Woodward’s Seven Deadly Sins” Connie Sprague for The Fauquier Citizen (March 1995) Selected quote: “The whole thing is, don’t use a pig,” says Woodward, explaining why he chose the rotund [elephant] for his depiction of Gula (gluttony). “Avoid stereotypes or it will look banal and sophomoric.” The vivid, […]

The Washington Star – Is It an Art Gallery or a Restaurant…

The Washington Star – Is It an Art Gallery or a Restaurant… “Is It an Art Gallery or a Restaurant, or Simply a Little of Both?” Benjamin Forgey for The Washington Star (May 1980) Selected quote: For that 75-foot-long wall, divided into 11 panels, the painter, William Woodward, entered into the spirit of the thing, delved into […]

American Artist – William Woodward: Traditional Themes, Modern Methods

American Artist – William Woodward: Traditional Themes, Modern Methods “William Woodward: Traditional Themes, Modern Methods” Jill Wechsler for American Artist (1976) Selected quote: The contemporary artist frequently finds himself confronting the age-old problem of the creative world: how to portray traditional themes in a modern manner, how to fuse the old with the new. Solving […]

Americas – Washington Mannerists or the Foresight to Look Backward

Americas – Washington Mannerists or the Foresight to Look Backward “Washington Mannerists or the Foresight to Look Backward” Rafael Squirru for Americas Magazine (Vol. 19, No. 1, January 1967) Selected Quotes: “William Woodward has the makings of what is known in the world of the arts as a virtuoso … All artists would like to […]