Bill Colt has been drawing and painting since boyhood, but pursued a career as a corporate pilot currently flying a Lear 45. Returning to art in recent years, artist Bill Colt creates mixed media paintings are a metaphor for recapturing lost time through layers of vintage images partially obscured by transparent objects, scenes and animals. Colt’s subject matter ranges from 50s street scenes to longhorns, from World War II era aircraft to “in your grille” vintage Cadillacs.

“My colors come right out of their acrylic tubes. I use texture (joint compound, raw canvas, cheesecloth, etc.) and collage (1950’s magazines, comic books, engineering manuals, tourist brochures, among other things) in my paintings. Look closely, and you’ll see bits and pieces of this collage giving my work an underlying “graffiti” dimension.”

Bill’s work is represented in Arizona by Wilde Meyer Galleries.  Click on any piece to enlarge it.

Yellowbird Bill Colt 24" x 48" mixed media on canvas $1800

Thirty-Eight Bill Colt 16" x 40" mixed media on canvas $925

Wing and a Prayer Bill Colt 16" x 40" mixed media on canvas $925

Zero Problem Bill Colt 16" x 40" mixed media pn canvas $925

Ghostly Bill Colt 24" x 48" mixed media on canvas $1800

Big 51 Bill Colt 36" x 48" mixed media on canvas $2550

62 Bill Colt 24" x 48" mixed media on canvas $1900

Clancy Bill Colt 20" x 16" acrylic on canvas $475

Francesco Bill Colt 22" x 28" acrylic on canvas $325

Profiled Bill Colt 16" x 20" acrylic on canvas $275

Casper Bill Colt 36" x 36" mixed media on canvas $2250

Freight Bill Colt 10" x 10" acrylic on canvas $195

Express Bill Colt 10" x 10" acrylic on canvas $195