ABOUT
Born in Somerset, England, Williams became enamored with all the arts from an early age. By the age of eight, she was an accomplished pianist, played multiple instruments, painted in various mediums, and sculpted with anything she could lay her hands on. In her early teens, Williams excelled at sculpture and continued painting in multiple mediums. At seventeen, she majored in art and was a film set intern in London. Her move to the US saw her establish an award-winning international greeting card company. Her 2004 move to Asheville, NC, was the impetus to propel her professional career as a full-time artist. She delved back into sculpture with great success in 2005, and her use of wax in 2006 on a post-fired sculptural work led her to paint with encaustic for the next ten years. In 2015, she added alcohol ink to her repertoire, using it alongside her encaustic paint medium. In 2016-current, she has used alcohol ink exclusively and experimented with different substrates.
Williams's paintings and sculptures are in private and corporate collections and are frequently commissioned for many site-specific locations. She has been on the cover and featured in various print publications, and has been filmed by PBS and other US television programs.
OBSERVATION
Williams draws inspiration from nature's structure. Geological and topographical observation becomes abstracted, flattened by her trademark spherical and striated patterning, rendering expressive compositions. She has developed a unique style into a re-imagined rhythmic visual dialogue and innovated her medium.
MEDIUM & PROCESS
Williams creates her signature work by blending an alcohol-based, acid-free, highly pigmented fluid paint medium. She uses unique techniques in multiple layers on different substrates to capture an arena of colors and shapes.