My name is Wilson Whitlock, and I am an artist from North Little Rock, Arkansas, who is obsessed with strange and bizarre imagery. Growing up I didn’t feel like I had a voice amongst the other kids, ignored and forgotten. Creation through painting has allowed me to have a voice where I didn’t before. I choose to make exaggerated, beautiful and at times uncomfortable work to stand out and leave long lasting impressions on people. As of now, my work challenges preconceived notions and hypocrisy in our society. Reflecting my own anxiety of the future and my perception of snapshots of the contemporary condition of my generation that are going ignored.
         I got my BFA in 2021 at Arkansas Tech University with a focus in painting. After graduating, I took two years to refine my craft so I could apply to graduate school. In fall of 2023, I began my masters degree studies at the University of Memphis, completed my degree as of May 2026
         In recent times, I have developed a fondness with creating larger than life artwork. Paintings that suck the viewer into the scene like they are there and get lost in the compositions.  I have a strong desire to impact people, in order to accomplish that my paintings keep getting bigger and bigger. Paint is medium where there is no real limit to scale. During my last year at ATU, my work got bigger and bigger, where my biggest painting ended up being three feet by nine feet. When I graduated I began working on public art, working with the Downtown Little Rock Partnership before getting accepted into University of Memphis. Since then I have completed six public art projects and one ongoing. My dream is to create a mural in every state in the country in my lifetime.