Niel Willcott is an artist whose practice explores EYE-WORMS: persistent internal images that exist between memory, imagination and perception.

Eye-Worm: a recurring internal image that moves between memory, imagination and perception. Willcott's work investigates the reciprocal relationship between artist and artwork, in which internal images become external forms that subsequently reshape the imagination from which they emerged.

Alongside his studio practice, Willcott is developing the concept of the Counterpart: a contemporary methodology of artistic support based on sustained attention, reciprocal learning and the protection of an artist's independent vision.

A Counterpart is an artist who enters into a sustained discourse with senior artist. A senior counterpart brings greater experience without claiming authority over the other's vision.

The Counterpart is intended for artists who have already established an independent practice, completed a Master's degree or equivalent period of advanced study, and developed their work through several years of personal studio practice.

Each artist may, within different relationships, be both a junior counterpart to an artist with greater experience and a senior counterpart to another artist. In this way, experience is shared without becoming authority, creating a continuing exchange and lineage of mutual artistic support.