digital art by bill wolak
Artsist’s Statement:
Everywhere we look there are faces staring back at us. Out of the corner of the eye, we spy a wink from a passing shadow or a smile in a gleam of water. We project our selves outward into the field we experience. The collages included here record what I have discovered in flowers, hair, and other objects.
I make collages out of all kinds of materials. Most are made out of paper engravings. Many collages are digitally generated or enhanced. To begin a piece, I select some sources—either color or black and white. If I’m using magazines or prints or old books, I cut out some images or parts of images that interest me. Then I start working on a background or some other sort of chance construction. Much is left to fleeting insights. These are tiny miracles of inspiration. Depending on whether I’m using scissors and glue or digital images, each collage could take several hours. Sometimes it takes several days or even weeks to know if a collage is finished. Much depends on the kind of collage and the size. My photographs are usually photo collages or, if not, they in some way attempt to represent the figure, usually naked, using an unusual or unexpected approach.
“An Irresistible Voluptuousness”
“An Irresistible Voluptuousness” by Bill Wolak
“Enticing As Promised Pleasure”
“Enticing As Promised Pleasure” by Bill Wolak
“Attentive As Delight”
“Attentive as Delight” by Bill Wolak
“The Trance of Abandon”
“The Trance of Abandon” by Bill Wolak
”The Reservoir of Emptiness”
“The Reservoir of Emptiness” by Bill Wolak
Photo of Bill Wolak (photographed by Veronica Lungu)
BIO: Bill Wolak has just published his eighteenth book of poetry entitled All the Wind’s Unfinished Kisses with Ekstasis Editions. His collages and photographs have appeared as cover art for such magazines as Phoebe, The Passionfruit Review, Inside Voice, and Barfly Poetry Magazine. His collages and photographs have appeared recently in the 2025 Dirty Show in Detroit, Amorous Art 2025 in Indianapolis, the 2025 Rochester Erotic Arts Festival, the 2020 International Festival of Erotic Arts (Chile), the 2020 Seattle Erotic Art Festival, the 2018 Montreal Erotic Art Festival, and Naked in New Hope 2018. He was a featured artist in the book Best of Erotic Art (London, 2022).