William Pielsticker

medium: photography

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Skillet Creek 2003 Photography	Closer Look: Long Slide Falls 2007 Photography	Winter Dogwood: Muir Park State Natural Area 2007 Photography
Snow Falls Creek 2007 Photography	Reflections: Muir Park 2006 Photography	Wisconsin Pastoral 1999 Photography
Three Seasons: Parfrey's Glen 2005 Photography	Inner Space #27 2006 Photography	Inner Space #10 2003 Photography
Patterns #24 2006 Photography

Contact information
8045 Crystal Lake Rd.
Lodi, WI 53555-9539
Phone Number: 608-592-4718
Email Address: bill@pielstickerphotos.com
Web site: www.naturesportfolio.com

Artist statement
A self-taught photographer, I focus on two distinct subjects: Wisconsin landscapes and abstract-appearing natural images found in ice. Each requires different equipment and particular skills.

I create both intimate and expansive landscapes using a Sinar large-format view camera using 4x5" sheet film. Frequently I combine long exposures and frontal tilt to achieve great sharpness and detail. My challenge is to create an image that not only speaks to me, but to others as well and, for now, Wisconsin provides me more than enough inspiration.

Not every winter presents opportunities for my abstract-appearing ice images. However, when our lakes freeze over in calm, snow-free conditions, I criss-cross the frozen surface looking for patterns I can turn into images. Once found, I use a Nikon F4 camera and macro lens, tripod and self-timer, and make the images while reflecting sunlight onto the objects in the ice. These images can be seen in my inter-galactic appearing "Inner Space" series, as well as the often Rorschach-like "Patterns" series.

My work ranges in size from 8x10" to 24x48" and larger. When I combine images to form a diptych or triptych, I prefer not to "stitch" them together but rather to emphasize the fact that they are the product of several sheets of film.

I mount, mat and frame my own work using archival materials. I closely supervise the printing of my work or, more frequently, print my own. All images are printed in a manner providing between 65 and 100+ years of stability under glass.

Biography
Bill Pielsticker is a full-time nature photographer from the Town of Roxbury, near Lodi, Wis. Self-taught, he has made his work available to the public since 1998.

Winner of numerous awards, Pielsticker was selected Best in Show in 2004 at the Spring Green (Wis.) Arts and Crafts Fair. He has been judged Best Photographer several times at Spring Green, and Best Two-Dimensional Artist at the 2002 Summer Art Classic in Baraboo, Wis. He has exhibited his work in the Office of the Lieutenant Governor and numerous other locations.

Pielsticker is a charter member of the Center for Photography at Madison. He currently serves as Legislative Chair of the Wisconsin Trout Unlimited State Council, he is past-State Council Chair of Wisconsin Trout Unlimited, and is past-President of the Wisconsin League of Conservation Voters.