Self taught with a lifelong drive to creating images, William Jobson included art as a main part of his education from High School through his Design studies at FIT in New York. A career in Advertising and Marketing progressed along with his fine art activity. Currently Living and painting in Englewood Cliffs, N.J.
StatementI think of each of my paintings as a random page fallen from an unknown book. They illustrate a passage that can only be imagined. Or, as they are set free, they may suggest or become their own story.
I work in oil paint on a variety of surfaces including canvas, wood and paper in a range of sizes. The subjects I render include urban street scenes and people. While these might be real places, I see each as a principal in a great drama. They might be still but have action and motion, and have their place in the light.
We are drawn to contrasts. I strive for strong contrasts in my paintings. Not just of light and shadow or the presence and absence of shapes in space, but also the contrast of past and present. The defined stillness of the past shines against the blurred motion of the present.
CvEXHIBITIONS
2024 Summer Members Exhibit, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
2024 Juried Exhibition, Annual Members Exhibit, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
2024 Juried Exhibition, Black And White Exhibit, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
2024 Juried Exhibition, Annual Thumb Box Exhibit, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
2023 Juried Exhibition, Fall Exhibit, Edward Hopper House Museum, Nyack, NY
2023 Juried Exhibition, Fall Auctions Exhibit, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
2023 Juried Exhibition, Summer Exhibit, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
2023 Juried Exhibition, Annual Members Exhibit, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
2023 Juried Exhibition, Rites Of Spring Exhibit, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
2023 Juried Exhibition, Black and White Exhibit, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
2023 Juried Exhibition, Time Of Day Exhibit, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
2022 Juried Exhibition, Thumb Box Exhibit, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
2022 Juried Exhibition, Non-member Exhibit, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
2021 Juried Exhibition, Non-member Exhibit, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
2021 Juried Exhibition, Cityscapes, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
2019 Juried Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
2018 Juried Exhibition, Pascack Valley Arts Association, Park Ridge, NJ
2016 Juried Exhibition, Pascack Valley Arts Association, Ridgewood, NJ
2015 Juried Exhibition, Pascack Valley Arts Association, Ridgewood, NJ
2014 Juried Exhibition, Small Matters of Great Importance,
Edward Hopper House Museum, Nyack, NY
2013 Juried Exhibition, Pascack Valley Arts Association, Ridgewood, NJ
2008 Juried Exhibition, Art In The Park,
Pascack Valley Arts Association, Washington Twp., NJ
2007 Juried Exhibition, Art In The Park,
Pascack Valley Arts Association, Washington Twp., NJ
2006 Juried Exhibition, Art In The Park,
Pascack Valley Arts Association, Washington Twp., NJ
AWARDS
2024 Samuel T. Shaw memorial award, Salmagundi Club
2023 Mary McCord award, Salmagundi Club
2023 Frederick Ballard Williams patron members award, Salmagundi Club
2023 D. Wu & Elsie Ject-Key memorial award for watercolor or oil, Salmagundi Club
2008 High Achievement, Art In The Park Juried Exhibition, Pascack Valley Arts Association
2007 Honorable Mention, Art In The Park Juried Exhibition, Pascack Valley Arts Association
2006 High Achievement, Art In The Park Juried Exhibition, Pascack Valley Arts Association
StateNJ
CountryUnited States
