William Stanisich is known for watercolor paintings that pursue the elusive qualities of light. His work captures luminous moments in landscapes and city environments, from the glow of a streetcar at dusk to the brilliant waters of the Greek island of Milos. Often working on unusually large scales for watercolor, he builds his paintings through careful and time intensive layers. These works balance expressive surface with contemplative calm. Stanisich’s commitment to observing the shifting behavior of light allows his paintings to function as meditations on time, water, and atmosphere. EducationYale College, New Haven, Connecticut, BA 1969San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California - individual courses Selected Solo Exhibitions 2013 Gallerie Citi, Burlingame, California2010 Charles Clark Arts Museum, Butte, Montana2009 Live Worms Gallery, San Francisco, California1987 City Gallery, Sacramento, California1986 City Gallery, Sacramento, California1985 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Artists Gallery Selected Group Exhibitions2014 Gallerie Citi, Burlingame, California2013 Gallerie Citi, Burlingame, California2013 ART 100 Laguna Art Museum Invitational Auction2011 ART 100 Laguna Art Museum Invitational Auction2010 ART 100 Laguna Art Museum Invitational Auction2009 Galerie Beckel-Odille-Boicos, Paris 2004 FUF-Arcadia Artists Celebrate Trees1988 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Artists Gallery1987 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Artists Gallery “City Gallery Artists” Sacramento Chamber of Commerce San Francisco Conservatory of Music/ Chamber Music West “A Tribute to Katy Allen”, Gallery Space, San Francisco Exhibition Reviews / Articles 2013 MILOS exhibition catalog2010 Montana Standard, Roberta Stauffer, review2010 Orange County Register “Stanisich at Laguna Art Museum”2008 NIGHT VISION exhibition catalog2009 Visual Arts News “Urban Landscapes reach Paris”2009 Expositions precedentes-Association des Galeries d’Art1986 Dalkey, Victoria, “At City Gallery”, The Sacramento Bee, in film, AMERICAN GIGOLO,Ferdinando Scarfiotti,ProductionDesigner