WILLIAM SHATTUCK
Paintings, Drawings and a Book!
Opening Reception
Saturday July 8th 5-7pm
With light refreshments
The gallery will be open thereafter Thursday through Sunday,12pm-3pm.
Or by appointment by contacting Dedee Shattuck:
508-717-1098
On Exhibit July 8 - 30, 2023
Bill Shattuck
About the Artist
William Shattuck, born in 1950, was raised in the New York City area. Primarily self taught, he eventually studied painting. printing and drawing at The Art Students League and The School for Visual Arts, both in Manhattan. At an early age, he visited his uncle, Peter Shattuck in the mid 1950s at his studio inn Greenwich Village, on Thompson Street. He was his father's youngest brother, a painter, and inspiration.
"I thought, adults are actually allowed to do this? Painting and drawing?" -- Shattuck
From 1973 to 1980 he worked in New York City - first for The New York Daily News, then as a commercial artist for an advertising firm and as a freelance illustrator. It was during this time that he became fascinated with translating the written word into visual language.
Upon moving to Southeastern Massachusetts in 1980, where his wife Dorothy grew up, he began painting the beautiful wet lands and marshes of the area while still pursuing his fascination with more narrative work, primarily through highly rendered charcoal drawings.
Shattuck taught for two years at The College for Visual Arts at The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. In 1993, he and writer, Deborah Kovacs, collaborated on the children's book, "Moonlight On The River," a story about his two sons published by Viking Penguin Books.
His work can be found in private and museum collections, including The DeCordova Museum in Lincoln, MA, as well as the print and drawing collection of The Wiggins Gallery at The Boston Public Library, and corporate collections.
