William Coronado

William Coronado. Transmogrification, 2005

The paintings of William Coronado portray city-dwellers absent from their routines, white space or black space embodies several of these individuals. The cities become haunted in the presence of this absense, something surreal takes place in the other characters that exist in these cities. You get the sense that no one knows where they are going. In one case, the city-dwellers actually follow the absence.

William Coronado. Follow The Leader, 2005

This from re-title:

"The colors in the paintings are vibrant and whimsical with the sole purpose of luring the viewer into a world that at first glance is decadent like candy with saturating colors while, simultaneously, being a visual metaphor for the bright hues, which are intrinsic to digital environments. The paintings tell a visual story about a world that seems rather remote but at closer inspection is psychological, apathetic and haunting, a place where logos, brands, and structure seem to be absent. Some of the forms in the paintings are blurred, distorted, displaced and contradictory from what reason dictates. The compositions are trickery to the eye because they give the impression of what some considered realism but are rather metaphorical ideas on the mental condition of humankind."

William Coronado. Where Are We Going?, 2005