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I've been attracted to imagery and occasionally I've drawn from it, but I never thought I'd be painting these paintings. I didn't have any desire to. I didn't think there was any reason to.

William T. Wiley

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William T. Wiley
Age: 83 †
Born: 1937
Born: October 21
Died: 2021
Died: April 25
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Bedford
Indiana
Wm. T. Wiley
William. T. Wiley
William Wiley
William Thomas Wiley
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