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William Waggoner
United States
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467 pieces
Artist highlights
- Group shows participant
- Experienced Artist
- Prizewinner
- Covered by the Press
- Works on commission
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Artwork details
- Medium : Acrylic on Canvas
- Other details : Artwork on supported wooden frame. Ready to hang. Framing on request.
- Dimensions : 36x12in
About this artwork
While watching the "Hercules Unchained" episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000, I was captivated by Sylvia Lopez, the bombshell playing Queen Omphale to Steve Reeve's Hercules. Even the non-stop riffing about her gyrating stride and unnaturally arched eyebrows could not take away from her glamour; I later learned she died of leukemia not long after the original film was released. "Hyperplasia" is an attempt to capture her beauty in a sentimental…
and quaint tableau (spurred by the book "Agonizing Love" my cousin had given me that focused on the Golden Age of the romance comic-book industry), yet also confound the eye with an intrusive circuit-pattern overlay. I had planned to paint a companion piece called "Hypertrophy" in a complementary palette featuring a hard-boiled detective character in an equally melodramatic scene on the other end of the phone line. I'm usually not prone to this kind of obvious and emotionally easy imagery, which is why "Hypertrophy" has never materialized.
William Waggoner
United States
Credentials
- Group shows participant
- Experienced Artist
- Prizewinner
- Covered by the Press
- Works on commission
« I try to create works that will have an appeal on multiple levels, paintings that are still visually striking even if the subtext is difficult to fathom. »
William Waggoner is an award-winning artist based in the United States whose paintings have been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions nationally. He describes his distinctive pop art works as being intensely personal, as well as reflecting events he's experienced, or a mood he is feeling, told in the brightly colored and high-contrast style of classic comic books.
