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'LITTLE STORIES' WOVEN FROM CAST-OFFS
By Rachel Bucci
from Salem Monthly, Section Art
Posted on Thu Jun 28, 2007 at 11:42:48 PM PDT
Old building materials, dumpster diving and found objects serve as muse to New Jersey-based artist William Skrips. Look closely at his work and there's everything from bits of lint, wood and broken buttons to odd doll parts and other cast-offs. The result, perhaps owing to the parts that make the whole, are twisted yet benign tableaux, where jesters, clown types and other whimsical characters appear.  

Skrips credits his Eastern European parents, whom he calls "true packrats," with influencing his affinity for the everyday detritus that he uses to create his art. However, working part-time as a surveyor, he says he's always got his eye open for something found to add to the mix.

A showcase of his work, "Little Stories," opens July 2 and will be on view until Saturday, July 28 at The Mary Lou Zeek Gallery in downtown Salem.

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