Trying to capture the essence of William Quigley is like chasing after a drop of water in a pond. The words come fast and his stories spread out so quickly, it's near impossible to grasp their entirety.
In a conversation last week, he spoke about his success even with continuous struggles to be seen and represented. This is despite early gallery attention in Philadelphia, where he is from; New York, where he attended graduate school at Columbia University, and Los Angeles, where he lived for 10 years, including during the riots of 1992, which happened not far from his studio there.