William Y. Cooper is a painter, printmaker, muralist, writer and illustrator. His work, which he calls Afrocentric Fusion, incorporates aspects of his American experience and African heritage. He describes his work as conceptual and metaphorical. Painting is first and foremost a visual and visceral experience. Composition is critical to my work. I use it to compel the viewer to stop and contemplate the illusions I create through the relationships of line, form and color. Usually, I am symbolically expressing an idea I deeply care about. The meanings may change with the observer, as each person views the work through the lens of their own experience. My work is thematically and stylistically a fusion of my American experience and my African heritage.

[source: Baobab website, 2015-Aug-24]