Wilson is a designer and photographer. Central Illinois has been his frame of reference for a lifetime. He has an intimate notion of the artfulness of this region, quintessentially mid-western. He was a surgical and generalist photographer, executive writer, and communication specialist, in the health care and library science fields for 36 years, frequently working with advertising agencies, graphic designers, copywriters, editors, journalists and news teams. Prior to that time, he spent a decade cutting steel in a foundry and drove a truck for a time. He is a University of Illinois alum and a juried Illinois Artisan for Photography, Illinois State Museum.​

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"Over the years I've developed a distinctive style. Sometimes my photographs lean a bit more to documentary and sometimes I push them well-beyond themselves. Design is fundamental. While I photograph whatever the hell I want, there are recurring themes. Helen Frankenthaler said, 'Every canvas is a journey all its own.' I see my photographs in much the same way."