Shirley Williams
Windsor, Ontario
Shirley Williams is a contemporary painter expressing the intrinsic energy of color, organic forms and tactile texture. Exhibited & collected internationally.
MessageShirley Williams is an award-winning artist based in Ontario, Canada. Her abstract acrylic paintings are inspired by the energy buzz of color and the organic rhythms of nature.
A successful working artist, for over 25 years, Shirley Williams’ paintings have been exhibited across North America to international acclaim. Her work has been featured in numerous solo and juried group exhibitions in museums and commercial art galleries in Toronto, Dallas, Naples, New York, Windsor and San Francisco.
Shirley Williams has won numerous awards and grants. She works daily in her spacious, light-filled warehouse studio near the US border.
Statement
Color is the most important element in my work and it serves as a vehicle to establish the mood of each individual piece. In my paintings, textured marks resemble abstract nature forms in fields of light.
In both my large and small-scale paintings, layers of color are applied in overlapping organic marks to create visual stimulation.
I am interested in the unseen energies that surround us, specifically those which emanate from color, nature and texture. These elements can dramatically alter our moods and perceptions.
In the same way we are energized when surrounded by nature, energy is the life force that makes a painting speak to you. This is not something that is easily defined, but it is the opposite state of static flatness.Color stimulates our visual senses. Nature forms offer natural rhythms. And tactile texture makes us want to touch.
My intention with each painting, is to express this subtle sense of energy and to have it reflect to the viewer.
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