The Marvelous Mud of Bill Girard

The Marvelous Mud of Bill GirardThe Marvelous Mud of Bill GirardThe Marvelous Mud of Bill Girard

The Marvelous Mud of Bill Girard

The Marvelous Mud of Bill GirardThe Marvelous Mud of Bill GirardThe Marvelous Mud of Bill Girard
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  • Girard & Detroit: A Blog
  • Girard's C. V.
  • Allen Abramson: Patron

Selected Paintings of Bill Girard

Mythic Visions

Saints, Sinners & Prophets

Saints, Sinners & Prophets

Circus at the End of the World.  1965 Oil on panel.  Artist: Bill Girard. 194--2011. Royal Oak, MI.

Bill sometimes referred to himself as a "pagan."  These paintings are Bill's "essays" on the myths that underpin Western culture. 

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Saints, Sinners & Prophets

Saints, Sinners & Prophets

Saints, Sinners & Prophets

Detail: St. Salome. Oil. 1965-66 Artist: Bill Girard. Royal Oak, MI. 1940-2011. Abramson estate.

Images based on the Old and New Testaments. 

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Friends, Family & Others

Saints, Sinners & Prophets

Friends, Family & Others

Detail: Bonnie Silver. Artist's (ex-) wife.
Artist: Bill Girard. Royal Oak, MI. 1940-2011.

Shhhh!

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Spotlight

Where are they now?

Friends, Family & Others

Fauvel. 1993. Oil on wallboard w/artist-build frame. Artist: Bill Girard. Royal Oak, MI. 1940-2011.

A closer look at a dark masterpiece: Fauvel.

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Where are they now?

Where are they now?

Where are they now?

Title & dimensions unknown. Auctioned DuMouchelles (Detroit) 12/14/14. Lot: 122134. Artist: B Girard

Paintings that got away. More information and better photos needed.

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Pure Eros

Where are they now?

Where are they now?

Not just run of the mill nudes. These are erotically charged images that are not appropriate for anyone under the age of ... 65. Please do not look unless you are a responsible adult. 

Discretion Advised

Mythic Visions

The Troll King's Daughter. Oil over Gold Leaf. @1980. Inspired (perhaps) by Ibsen's Pier Gynt, which itself is based on a Danish folktale. Artist: Bill (William J.) Girard. Royal Oak, MI. 1940 - 2011. (Compiled by Michael Curtis.)

    Saints, Sinners & Prophets

    St. Jerome in the Wilderness. Canvas. 19.5 x 16" 1966 Artist: Bill (William J.)  Girard. Royal Oak, MI. 1940-2011 A. Abramson estate. (Comp. Michael Curtis) 

      Friends, Family & Others

      Bonnie Sliver, artist's ex wife. They met in art school & married soon thereafter.  Artist: Bill (William J) Girard. Royal Oak, MI. 1940-2011 A. Abramson estate.

        Spotlight

        Fauvel. Oil on wallboard.  54" x 39".  1978 - 1993.


        Based on the 14th century Roman de Fauvel. 


        A supremely villainous ass (Fauvel) has won control of the universe... but not officially. It's a damned donkey! So it recruits a fool, someone it can manage, to be its front. Right out of a Marvel or DC comic, right?  With DC perhaps designating the District of Columbia.


        Center stage, one sees a fat-faced king on a throne, pinwheel in hand, guided by the malevolent ass.


        Flames have broken out. The castle walls are writhing. Oliver North of Iran-gate fame (briefly president of the NRA), runs with an armful of missiles.  A skeletal John Wayne is shooting. But not at the rapist in front of him.

         

        Find more details here: http://girardsvasari.blogspot.com 


        Where are they now?

        Fire & Ice (left), Telamon (right). Curtis Gallery.  Artist: Bill Girard. Royal Oak, MI. 1940-2011.

        Posterity is already asking, what happened to these pieces? And what do they really look like?


         If you can help (Mr. Jupena?), please do.

        Halloween. 1991. Oil on canvas. 66" x 72" Artist: Bill Girard. Royal Oak, MI. 1940-2011.

        Halloween. 1991.

        Oil on canvas. 66" x 72" Artist: Bill (William J.) Girard. Royal Oak, MI. 1940 - 2011. 

        Odysseus.. Auctioned DuMouchelles (Detroit) 12/14/14. Lot: 122134. Artist: Bill (William J.) Girard

        Odysseus and His Men on the Island of Aeaea

        Auctioned DuMouchelles (Detroit) 12/14/14. Lot: 122134. Artist: Bill (William J.) Girard. 1940-2011. 

        Includes Girard's hieroglyphics (translated): Odysseus and his men landed on the island of Aeaea the home of Circet (Circe).

        The artist's son, Chris, released this piece for auction after his father's death. 


        Pure Eros

        Man with Moon (Oberon & Titania?) Oil on board. 5" x 6.5". Artist: Bill (William J) Girard. Royal Oak, MI. 1940-2011. In the background, the head of a donkey is dimly visible. That and the moon in the hand of the male figure suggest that this is, in fact, a reference to Shakespeare's, A Midsummer Night's Dream. I think it also draws on the artist's personal experience. 

          Copyright © 2018 GSMICHAELS - All Rights Reserved. Photos courtesy of Ken Weikal, Farmington Hills, MI; Edmund Cole, FL;  Glenn S. Michaels, Phoenix, AZ;  and Michael Curtis, FL.

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