William Flynn
50 Years 50 Drawings
01. Thought for Neon Sculpture, 1971, marker, spray paint, 21 x 34.25 inches, $1100.00
02. Thoughts for Neon Sculpture, 1971, pastels, 31.5 x 21.75 inches, $1100.00
03. Junkyard Jargon 1, 1974, pastels, 22 x 34 inches, $1100.00
04. Out Board, 1975, pastels, 22 x 34 inches, $1100.00
05. 39 Packard, 1976, charcoal, 28 x 23 inches, $1100.00
06. Junkyard Jargon 2, 1974, pastels, 22 x 34 inches, $1100.00
07. Collected Objects 1, 2011, charcoal, 40 x 26 inches, $1100.00
08. Collected Objects 2, 2011, charcoal, 40 x 26 inches, $1100.00
09. Junkyard Jargon 3, 1974, pastels, 22 x 34 inches, $1400.00
10. Ski Boots, 1975, charcoal, 22 x 28 inches, $1200.00
11. The Catcher Mitt, 1975, charcoal, 22 x 28 inches, $1200.00
12. Still Life with Skate, 1981, charcoal, 22.75 x 28.5 inches, $1100.00
13. Crushed Roller Skate, 1978, pastels, 22 x 34 inches, $1200.00
14. Roller Skate (7/60), 1978, lithograph, 26 x 33 inches, $600.00 (28 available)
15. Ski Boots, 1976, pastels, 22 x 34 inches, $1200.00
16. Open and Closed, 1976, pastels, 22 x 34 inches, $1200.00
17. Whirligig Transforming, 2022, pastels, 22 x 34 inches, $2400.00
18. Whirligig Circus, 1983, pen ink, 22 x 28 inches, $1400.00
19. Whirligig World, 2022, pastels, 23 x 35 inches, $2400.00
20. The Comic, 2022, pastels, 23 x 35 inches, $1900.00
21. Protesting Whirligig, 2022, pastels, 23 x 35 inches, $1900.00
22. New Characters, 2022, pastels, 23 x 35 inches, $1900.00
23. Reformed Figures, 2022, pastels, 23 x 35 inches, $1900.00
24. Moving in the Light, 2022, pastels, 23 x 35 inches, $1900.00
25. Flying Figures, 2022, pastels, 23 x 35 inches, $1900.00
26. Master of Ceremonies, 2022, pastels, 23 x 35 inches, $1900.00
27. Whirligig out of Control, 2022, pastels, 23 x 35 inches, $1900.00
28. Formally Flat, 2023, pastels, 35 x 23 inches, $2400.00
29. Narrating Fold, 2023, pastels, 35 x 23 inches, $2400.00
30. Unfolding Myths, 2023, pastels, 35 x 23 inches, $1900.00
31. Opening Book, 2023, pastels, 35 x 23 inches, $1900.00
32. Dancing Folds, 2023, pastels, 35 x 23 inches, $1900.00
33a. Revealing Folds, 2023, pastels, 35 x 23 inches, $1900.00
33b. The Hungry Dog, 2023, pastels, 35 x 23 inches, $1900.00
34. Four Books, 2023, pastels, 35 x 23 inches, $1900.00
35. Primal Pages, 2023, pastels, 35 x 23 inches, $1900.00
36. Fun in the Folds, 2023, pastels, 35 x 23 inches, $1900.00
37. Pop-Ups Unfolding, 2023, pastels, 35 x 23 inches, $1900.00
38. Unfolding Pages, 2023, pastels, 35 x 23 inches, $1900.00
39. Suggestive Books, 2023, pastels, 35 x 23 inches, $1900.00
40. The Chair, 2008, charcoal and crayon, 28 x 22 inches, $2100.00
41. Chair, 2005, charcoal, crayon, 28 x 22 inches, $2100.00
42. Chair, 2005, charcoal, crayon, 28 x 22 inches, $2100.00
43. Chair, 2008, charcoal and crayon, 28 x 22 inches, $1650.00
44. Chair, 2007, charcoal, crayon, collage, 28 x 22 inches, $1650.00
45. Chair, 2008, charcoal, crayon, 28 x 22 inches, $1650.00
46. Chair, 2008, charcoal, crayon, collage, 28 x 22 inches, $1650.00
47. Illusions, 2009, charcoal, collage, 28 x 22 inches, $1600.00
48. Torn and Fold, 2016, pastels, 40 x 23 inches, $2500.00
49. Capricious Enigma, 2002, dispersed pigment, 35 x 23.75 inches, $2100.00
50. Evanescent, 2003, dispersed pigment, 28.5 X 22.5 inches, $2100.00
51. Gyros, 2001, dispersed pigment, 23.75 x 35 inches, $1850.00
52. Auspicious Moment, 2001, dispersed pigment, 28.75 x 23.75 inches, $2100.00
53. The Fearless Poet, 1995/2003, collage, 28.75 x 23.75 inches, $2100.00
54. The Shaman’s Cave, 1996, charcoal, pastels, 28.5 x 22.5 inches, $1850.00
55. Nascent, 1994/2004, oil wash, collage, 28 x 22 inches, $2500.00
56. The Poet’s Retreat, 1994/2004, oil wash, collage, 22 x 28 inches, $2500.00
57. Metamorphosis, 1994/2004/2023, oil wash, collage, 22 x 28 inches, $2500.00
58. Tony’s Downstairs, 1995, charcoal, pastels, 22 x 34 inches, $1200.00
59. David Kelley’s Studio, 1979, charcoal, 22.5 x 28.5 inches, $1100.00
60. Thoughts for Neon Sculpture, 1971, waterbase spray, 21 x 31 inches, $1100.00
61. Walter, 1978, charcoal, 23 x 33 inches, $1200.00
62. Untitled, 1994, ceramic raku, 12h x 9w x 9d inches, $700.00
63. Pop-Up Book, 2023, spray paint, 12h x 17w x 17d inches, $450.00
William Flynn
50 Years 50 Drawings
I draw to see what will happen. My curiosity about the process constantly drives me to work from one drawing to another. The physical act of drawing and seeing is a thousand spontaneous decisions that reveal the unconscious meaning of the image created. I believe everything visual is drawn and can become a metaphor for personal response. A stripped chair can be a statement against war. The whirligig can be a circus defining the human condition. Pop up books can reflect the visual energy and space that art books inspire. I love the dance between the marks, the paper, the energy, and the visual experience. Paul Klee said, “Drawing is making visual.”
Bio
William Flynn has exhibited in Boston, New England, and New York. His work has been featured at the Boston Public Library, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, MassArt’s Brant Gallery, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
He is the author of Armed Chair a catalogue of drawings depicting a chair his mother had thrown out. Drawings of the chair (over 500) quickly morphed into images of the war in Iraq.
Flynn graduated in the 1960s from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Not long after graduating, he began a 40 year career teaching drawing at the SMFA. Flynn has received teaching awards and won fellowships in Spain and Japan.