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Even the largest painting at an impressive 33” x 45” seems like an evocative glimpse into the artist’s world.
Robert Henri, the American painter who is a strong influence on Williams, once said it’s a lot easier to paint a good picture than a bad one.
What he meant is that when one is so caught up in a subject, the picture just seems to paint itself. Williams lets the painting flow and if it isn’t working, he just scrapes the paint off and starts anew.
Not a lot of time is spent in analysis and intellectualizing. As a result his work has a magical and emotional quality that flows from the subject through the artist onto the canvas.
Working directly from nature, Williams captures the fleeting effects of light, color and atmosphere in his landscapes. The small landscape, Winter Farm, is a cold Blue Ridge morning of fresh snow and clearing skies. Snowy fields are expressed by bold strokes of paint, carving the hillsides. Farm buildings in the middle ground are confident blocks of color with values deepened to suggest shadows and vol
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