Established Bay Area artist William Rushton paints with a colorist and near-sculptural approach. Rushton’s canvases, whether figurative, still life, or landscape, are thick and heavy with brightly hued oil paint, and they tell autobiographical stories of daily American life. Aiming to get “lost” in the process of art making, the artist says that he is most satisfied when he paints faster than he can think, allowing intuition and painting skills honed over a lifetime to take hold. Not knowing where he is going, yet trusting he will arrive, facilitates endless discoveries that keep William Rushton engaged, inspired, and pushing onward.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2015 John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA "Travels with Joey"

2015 Bryant Street Gallery, Palo Alto, CA "Guarding the Moment"

2015 Café Borrone, Menlo Park, CA "Scapes"

2014 Café Borrone, Menlo Park, CA "Painters and Writers"

2013 Epperson Gallery, Crockett, CA "Scapes"

2013 Café Borrone, Menlo Park, CA "New Paintings"

2012 Bryant Street Gallery, Palo Alto, CA "Chronicles"

2010 Depot Gallery, Mill Valley, CA "New Work"

2009 Café Borrone, Menlo Park, CA "New Paintings"

2008 Charles Campbell Gallery, San Francisco,CA "Small Works"

2007 Café Borrone, Menlo Park, CA "New Works"

2006 Donna Seager Gallery, San Rafael, CA "California"

2005 Café Borrone, Menlo Park, CA "New Works"

2002 John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA "New Paintings"

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2015

Mythos Gallery, Berkeley, CA

Jennifer Perlmutter Gallery, Lafayette, CA. “The Outsiders”

Jennifer Perlmutter Gallery, Lafayette, CA. “Improvisations”

Studio Shop, “Approaching the Figure”, Burlingame, CA

John Natsoulas Center for the Arts, CA "Bark" and "The Art of Painting in the 21st Century "

2014

John Natsoulas Center for the Arts, CA "Bark" and "The Art of Painting in the 21st Century "

2013

Arts Benicia Gallery, Benicia, CA "Evolution of Style"

2012

Arts Benicia Gallery, Benicia, CA "AB 25: Collective Memories"

Gallery of the Bay Model, Sausalito, CA "Through the Golden Gate and Around the Bay"

Epperson Gallery, Crockett, CA "Gold Dust and Paint: A Painting Adventure in Virginia City"

2011

Sue Greenwood Fine Art, Laguna Beach, CA "Painterly Painters".

The Studio Shop Gallery, Burlingame, California, "Go Figure".

Bryant Street Gallery, San Francisco Fine Art Fair, Fort Mason, California.

San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, California, "31st Art Auction".

2010

Arts Benicia Gallery, Benicia, California, "Go Figure".

The Harrington Gallery, Pleasanton, California, "The Outsiders".

Donna Seager Gallery, San Francisco Fine Art Fair, Fort Mason, California Fine Art Fair"

Donna Seager Gallery, San Rafael, California, "Fresh Paint".

2009

Donna Seager Gallery, San Rafael, California, "Summer Show Gallery Artists".

I.Wolk Gallery, St. Helena, California, "The Outsiders"

Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, California, "The 19th Annual Invitation Exhibition Mini-Show"

Scene on the Strait, Martinez, California, "The 13th Annual Invitational".

2008

Bakersfield Museum of Art, Bakersfield, California, "The Outsiders".

Art Zone 461 Gallery, San Francisco, California, "A Benefit for Visual Aid".

Scene on the Strait, Martinez, California, "The 12th Annual Invitational".

Arts Benicia Gallery, Benicia, California, "The Outsiders: "Wish You Were Here".

Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, California, "The Mini-Show".

2007

Scene on the Strait, Martinez, California, "The 11th Annual Invitational".

Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, California, "18th Annual Invitational Exhibition Mini-Show".

Charles Campbell Gallery, San Francisco, California, "A Summer Sale".

Donna Seager Gallery, San Rafael, California, "One Year Celebration".

2006

Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, CA, "The Outsiders: Continuing the Plein Air Tradition".

William Lester Gallery, Pt. Reyes, California, "The Outsiders".

Scene on the Strait, Martinez, California, "The 10th Annual Invitational".

The Group 2006, San Francisco, California, "Oddaganza".

Donna Seager Gallery, San Rafael, California, "Finding the Figure", "Gifted".

Nancy Dodds Gallery, Carmel, California, "The Outsiders".

2005

Charles Campbell Gallery, San Francisco, CA "1st Annual Invitational Auto Show", "Looking Back and Seeing Forward", "The Outsiders and Dennis Hare".

Triton Museum, Santa Clara, California, "The Outsiders".

C.F.A Gallery, San Anselmo, California, "Introductions".

Hearst Art Gallery, Saint Mary's College, Moraga, California, "Living Color: Inside the Outsiders".

2003-2004

C.F.A. Gallery, San Anselmo, California, "The Figure in Art".

City Picture Frame Gallery, San Francisco, California, "William Rushton and Dana Hooper".

Scene on the Strait, Martinez, California

Marin Agricultural Land Trust (M.A.L.T), Marin County, California.

O'Hanlon Gallery at Sight and Insight Art Center, Mill Valley, California, "Distillations of the Natural World".

2000 - 2002

The College of Marin Art Gallery, Kentfield, California, "California Landscapes".

Triton Museum, Santa Clara, California, "New Works by California Artist Series".

Thomas Reynolds Gallery, San Francisco, California, "The Outsiders in the City".

Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, California, "The Outsiders".

Euphrat Museum, De Anza College, California, "The Outsiders and Elegance in Nature".

COLLECTIONS

Robert Aichele

Bolinas Museum of Art, Bolinas, CA

Mary Bromwell

John Modell

Manual Neri

Barbara Simmons

BACKGROUND

Born in London, England

Taught Art at UC Santa Cruz and at Cupertino High School until 2005

EDUCATION

B.A. in Painting, San Jose State University, 1966

M.F.A in Painting, San Jose State, 1972

William Rushton

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