Wm. Dilworth (1954-2024) was an abstract painter whose discipline spans drawing, making, painting, earth, looking, and a clock. Dilworth’s paintings range in size and palette, incorporating smooth streaks of color and shapes. Each intentional gesture is a spontaneous exploration of movement and material. He is also known for his CountMark drawings, an ongoing series that documents visitors to Walter De Maria’s The New York Earth Room (1977) to visually interpret the passing of time. CountMarks have been exhibited in Paris and New York.
TOUCHMARKS:
TouchMarks are marks made probing a surface of varying thickness of oil paint; pushing with fingers after the paint skins up but before it dries. The TouchMarks comprise another body of work that continues over the decades. I had been working on Formica with pulled veils of oil paint. Because they finished very flat, I thought, seeking balance, to make something thicker. So, I pulled the paint thickly.
OBITUARY: New York Times: Bill Dilworth, Caretaker of ‘The New York Earth Room'
OBITUARY: ARTnews: Bill Dilworth, Artist Who Watched Over Walter De Maria’s ‘Earth Room,’ Dies at 70