William B. Dole
Esther Bear Gallery, Santa Barbara
Amazing William Dole has done it again. The show at the Esther Bear Gallery of collages, watercolors, and drawings are all new and have been produced since January of 1963. There is a new and different note in much of this new work. Having worked within the discipline of collage he is developing a new treatment of areas and edges. In his watercolors he is moving away from his former usually hard-edged, geometric style and shows a more fluid edge with many nuances and variations. He is also more concerned with texture in these watercolors. “Sun Setting Beach,” has a light quality and freedom that