William Evertson
Artist, Printmaker
Lyme, CT
@williamevertson
“I’ve long admired the attention to detail, craftsmanship, and robustness of Conrad Presses. For many years I have printed my large woodblocks on Conrad Presses in a variety of studios in the New England area. Just recently, I purchased the 48-inch monotype press with the 72-inch bed and couldn’t be happier to have this in my home studio. The setup was straightforward, and after a few trial proofs to dial it in, I pulled my first edition on it.
The press is a joy and certainly a wow factor during studio visits. I look forward to many years of editions pulled on this fine machine.”
– William Evertson,
Artist/ Printmaker
Bio
William Evertson is a Connecticut-based artist and printmaker working with large-scale woodblock printing, book arts, and sculpture. His work exhibits regionally as well as internationally. He has recently exhibited in the North American Print Biennial and at the Center For Contemporary Printmaking.
International exhibits have included venues in Japan, Ireland, Denmark, India, Italy, and Australia. He is represented by Childs Gallery, Boston, MA.
BFA, Ithaca College, Sculpture concentration (1975)
MFA, University of Delaware, Sculpture and Video concentration (1978)
MALS from Wesleyan University, Printmaking, Computer Graphics, and Book Arts concentration (2009)
Artist Statement
William Evertson’s woodblock prints draw inspiration from the idea of fake news, disinformation, propaganda, and the construction of narratives. Layered, culturally resonant imagery and overlapping themes examine the nature of our shared national and global histories and mythos.
Using collaged imagery, often blending art historical and printmaking allusions with modern references gleaned from the internet and television, Evertson creates familiar yet irreverent scenes packed with biting socio-political commentary. The effect is humorous, but also contemplative, as the prints detail an account of the frightening, yet somehow buffoonish possible downfall of contemporary western Democracy.
The artist examines the subtle relationship of constructing mythologies as a propaganda technique, begetting the circulation of disinformation, to the advantage of the powerful and detriment of the masses. Evertson’s use of prints, a traditionally more proletariat art form, is a clever subversion of this, establishing his iconography within editioned works to counteract widespread falsehoods.
Prints
“Essential Geometries”
– 44″ x 32″
– Woodblock
– Printed on a Conrad 48” Monotype Press
– Zea Mays Printmaking – Florence, MA
“Icarus”
– 50″ x 34″
– Woodblock
– Printed on a Conrad 48” Monotype Press
– Pickwick Press, Portland, ME
“Rime”
– 34″ x 48″
– Woodblock
– Printed on a Conrad 48” Monotype Press
– Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT
“Consumed by the Never Was”
– 32″ x 44″
– Woodblock
– Printed on a Conrad 48” Monotype Press
– Home studio, Lyme, CT
“That Russia Thing”
– 28″ x 18″
– Woodblock
– Printed on a Conrad 48” Monotype Press
– Home studio, Lyme, CT
