William Hundley

Well, I missed out blogging last week due to extreme business and a desire to check into a few local resources. But I am back (in case anyone is reading) due to a local show that I have been anticipating. Domy Books just opened a show this past Saturday for William Hundley and it looks great. He is a photographer based in the local area who has a playful, almost mystical air about his work. Certain aspects of his photographs seem on the very edge of psychedelic and then he uses collage elements to jump over that edge into the realm of the surreal.

Yet somehow the photographs still seem to capture the local spirit of Austin in their light and open feeling.

Recently, as I was driving back and forth between Austin and Corpus Christi, I was reminded of how different the spirit of Texas is from that the vast urban areas on the coasts. Miles of scrub and open land with beautiful light call for a different art (even urban art) than that developed in LA, NY, or London. Hundley's particular use of the available Texas light while still drawing inspiration from a variety of sources is very refreshing.

There is a good recent article on the artist here.