William Luz is an illustrator and part of the artistic collective NousVous. I think that his paintings and sketchbook series are very relevant to my study of composition. For me, personally, they encapsulate order, balance and harmony in an image. The way the forms interact with each other and the edges of composition, creates this sense of necessity in all of the visual elements to create a unified and balanced whole. The forms in his images have a feeling of controlled tension, as they are confined to a space by the edges of the composition or other surrounding objects. In his sketchbook series, many of the drawings also use symmetry to achieve a sense of balance. He also clearly has a strong sense of colour - using colours of similar brightness, hue or tone to balance opposing sides of a composition.
Due to this I think that his practice could be a possible case study for my extended essay. There is limited information on his practice online, so I decided to email him to see if he would be happy to answer some questions.
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