ART, IMAGINATION and LOVE

Bill Eager 

​Artist Statement

For several years I have been intrigued by graffiti, petroglyphs and pictographs…  especially the images that are discovered on stones, walls and buildings that have existed for hundreds, even thousands of years.  The images, words, messages, scratches, drawings pile up upon on another over time.  Like layers of shellac that represent ideas and feelings of people who live today… and others who may lived in the area when a different sense of society and relationships between man and nature existed.  Like an archeologist who uncovers mysteries about society as they dig back through a site; graffiti layers one message on top of another.  I try to create a sense of this layering in my images.  Certain themes remain eternal in graffiti.  Hunting, animals, politics, children, love, beauty.  In all my pieces I try to include images and icons of what the Lakota refer to as “the four worlds.”  These include humans, animals, plants and minerals.  See my work at https://www.williameagerart.com/

Artist Bio / CV

Bill Eager is a prolific artist, writer, photographer and playwright.  He has had exhibitions of his work at Bucknell University, the Lakewood Cultural Center and Gallery West.  His photographs have been featured on covers and stories in magazines including Forbes, Communications Technology and Solar Today.  Bill has written 12 books that have sold more than one million copies; and he recently wrote and produced a play called The Artist, The Shaman and The Acupuncturist performed online by members of the Denver Center for Performing Arts.  Bill has an undergraduate degree in Filmmaking from the University of Bridgeport and a Masters Degree in Communications from Syracuse University.