Dale Williams

     I had the pleasure of meeting Dale Williams' work at the opening party for Gowanus Open Studios.  The vast space was all but covered with his charcoal and paper works. Many of them approaching mural size, they were impressive against the white washed brick interior.  His work deals in characters, narrative, and history. Dale is a graduate of Hunter College, and has been working in this Brooklyn community for over 25 years.  I enjoyed the sketcherly quality of the finished works and noted their power, despite the presence of color-all of the emphasis placed on the stark graphic quality of the black and white. 

Here's a great write up on him and his studio on Douglas Street.  Dale Williams