"I’m a designer. And a photographer. Central Illinois has been my frame of reference for a lifetime. My well-seen perspective provides me an intimate notion of the artfulness of this region; quintessentially mid-western,” said Wilson. He was a medical and generalist photographer, executive writer, and communication specialist in the health care and library science fields for 36 years, frequently working with advertising agencies, videographers, photographers, and graphic designers. He cut steel in a foundry for a decade and drove a truck for a time. He is a graduate of the fine arts program at Illinois Central College, received a BA from the University of Illinois, and is a juried Illinois Artisan for Photography - Illinois State Museum. "Sometimes my photographs lean a bit more to documentary, and sometimes I push them well-beyond themselves," said Wilson. “Helen Frankenthaler said, 'Every canvas is a journey all its own.' I see my photographs in the same way.”