Thornton Willis
documentary for gallery exhibition, 2009



Thornton Willis is an artist who has been working for forty years pursuing just a few fundamental questions through his painting. By using apparently simple forms that reveal complexity as you examine them closely, he forces you to become aware of the fundamentals of what you’re seeing – form, color, volume and line.

This is a project I did for a show he exhibited in 2009 at Elizabeth Harris Gallery. This film screened at the gallery for the duration of the show.

You can visit his website, or his gallery, Elizabeth Harris Gallery.



Director/Editor – Michael Feldman
Cinematographer – Antonio Cisneros
Producer – Vered Lieb
Thanks to Doug Emmett for production support.

Here's a new project we just completed. It follows Thornton's work last year on the first painting in a new series. The series is going up at Elizabeth Harris, with my film, on March 17th, 2011.



Camera – Antonio Cisneros and Michael Feldman
Edit – Michael Feldman
Sound – Gill Arthur
Producer – Vered Lieb
Thanks to Doug Emmett for production support.