A few questions with William Mize

William Mize says that his paintings are self portraits. Whether he’s painting a house, as he often does, or birds surrounding his son, he says the painting “allows me to define myself in relation to the world around me.”

Mize attended Ringling School of Art and Design in Sarasota, FL in the early 90s and moved to Atlanta in 1996. His current show at Alan Avery Art Company is his first since 2008. We caught up with William over the weekend to ask him a few questions about his work.

How long have you been working on this group of paintings?

That’s actually a really hard question for me. I have absolutely no sense of time ever. It really – the majority of it was done in the last three months.

__When do you like to work?
I work from morning ‘til morning. First thing in the morning until four in the morning. It was grueling. I work best at night. I get into like a trance kind of thing. Everything is silent and I can get into my head more. That’s the way I’ve always painted.__