Frank Avray Wilson is Britain's only true Action painter, being firmly categorised within the European form of American Action Painting know as 'Tachisme'. He came to Abstraction following years of scientific research into the source of human aesthetics. Once science had proven to him that Nature's art of flowers, crystals and birdsong had existed long before human art, Avray Wilson set about reaching a state of 'Surreality' in order to make images which reflect Nature's art that he called 'hyper-vitalist imageries'. His paintings invite the viewer to plunge into a state of 'Surreality' and 'Revelation'. However, his works can also be enjoyed on a pure aesthetic level as wonderful explosions of colour and form vigorously displayed.

In 1953, he became part of the ‘Free Painters Group’ where he met Denis Bowen with whom he ran the legendary New Vision Gallery, a showcase for Abstract Expressionism and Tachism in Britain. By the mid 1950s, Avray Wilson’s style of abstraction had evolved into a unique reaffirmation of geometric form. The compositions from this period were directly inspired by the mineral structures that he himself fervently collected. His paintings demonstrate that the liberated techniques of post-war art are compatible with rigid form and compact structure.

Having studied biology at St John’s College, Cambridge, Avray Wilson had discovered that colour is not matter but energy, a discovery which greatly informed his paintings. Avrey Wilson was also concerned with the aesthetic interpretation of Quantum Theory and how it enabled many aspects of art creation and appreciation. By the end of the 1950s, he had worked out his own theories sufficiently for them to serve as the foundation for “the aesthetically-relevant meaningfulness of the human being in the Creation, and for the artist’s and the art lover’s role therein.”

A true nomad at heart and naturally multicultural, Avray Wilson was universal in his thinking and his artistic practice. His strong belief in the integrating powers of art was the subject of several of his publications and one of the fundamental tenets of his practice.

Avray Wilson's works were exhibited at high-profile galleries in London (Redfern Gallery), Paris (Fricker) and Brussels (Helios).

Avray Wilson’s work is included in the following museums: Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh USA; Cleveland Museum of Modern Art, Ohio USA; Toledo Art Gallery, Ohio USA; City Art Gallery, Manchester; City Art Gallery, Leeds; ; Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge; Leicester Museum and Art Gallery; The Southampton Art Gallery; Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, British Museum, London; Victoria and Albert Museum, London and Tate, London.