The Green House Affect 1988

William T. Wiley made this drawing, The Green House Affect, using graphite on paper, and it feels like diving into his mind. It’s a wild mix of lines and thoughts, the kind of drawing where you can see the artist working through ideas as they come. The surface is filled with a web of marks, a dense layering that creates a kind of textured map. There’s a checkerboard motif near the top, precisely rendered but sitting amidst all this chaotic energy. The graphite varies in tone, from light, hazy strokes to areas of darker, more concentrated shading. It's like he’s letting us see his thought process, each line a trace of his hand moving across the paper. Look at the lower center, the way the circles and lines overlap. It feels like a diagram, but one that’s more intuitive than technical, like he’s trying to chart something that can’t be measured. Wiley’s work reminds me a little of Terry Winters, who also blends scientific and organic forms. But Wiley has this added layer of personal narrative, of a restless mind grappling with the world. It’s not about answers; it’s about the beauty of the questions.