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Sally Williams is a practicing artist who was born in Gloucester, and after travelling and living in Europe and other cities in Britain, returned to Gloucestershire to bring up her children in the beautiful and inspiring county of her birth. A lecturer at Art Colleges for most of her working life, she is still involved in encouraging others to find the joy and passion that can be found from being creative.
She is well known for her large watercolour and tempera paintings,with her individual vision and unusual use of colour and texture.Recently a need to work on a bigger scale has inspired her to work on canvas again .A passion for drawing has always been a strong element in both her own work and in her teaching.
Artist's Statement:
MORE THAN RECORDING TIME AND PLACE THE WORK OFFERS 'SOMETHING ELSE' - THE ESOTERIC AND FEELING OF ATMOSPHERE - THE TRANQUILITY OF EMOTIONAL SPACE. THE SENSES AND AWARENESS ARE CHALLENGED, AND IN ORDER TO CONVEY TO THE ONLOOKER THE PRIVATE PLACE, MANY LAYERS AND UNDERPAINTING ARE INVOLVED, UNDEFINED, BUT SUGGESTED.
A KIND OF LINK EXISTS BETWEEN THE MEDIUM AND THE SPIRIT OF THE PLACE, THE TWO ACTING TOGETHER BUT AGAINST EACH OTHER IN ORDER TO CREATE UNIQUE VISUAL AND CONCEPTUAL EFFECTS. A QUIET EXPLORATORY JOURNEY HAS TAKEN PLACE.
Exhibitions:
Stockport City Art Gallery
Rooksmore Gallery, Stroud and Bath
Ogle Gallery, Cheltenham
De Bere Gallery, Cardiff
Montpellier Gallery, Cheltenham
Zetland Gallery, Bristol
Brewhouse Gallery. Taunton
'Art Now' Gloucester City Gallery & Museum
Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
Royal Academy Summer Exhibitions, London
Spanish International Open Print Exhibition, Cadaques
Laing Prizewinner, Mall Gallery, London
'Lasting Impressions' Print exhibition, Victoria Art Gallery, Bath
Royal Watercolour Society Open Exhibitions, Bankside Gallery, London
Cheltenham Open Drawing
Singer Friedlander/Sunday Times Watercolour Exhibition, London
Cheltenham Group of Artists, Axiom Gallery
Millfield Open, Atkinson Gallery, Street, Somerset
Glosart, The Docks Gloucester
Everyman Gallery, Cheltenham
Ganet 1&2, City Art Gallery, Gloucester
Guildhall Gallery, (2), Gloucester
Gloss Finish, Gloscat Staff Shows
Fab 3 & 4, Kingston Univercity Gallery
Invited Artist:
Bath Contempoary Art Fair
Graffiti Miniature Print Exhibitions,London, Jersey, Norway
Nailsworth Festival with Furnival,Cudworth, Millington, Tom Phillips
Socialist Art Now, Stroud
De Bere Gallery, Cardiff
Guildhall Arts Centre, Gloucester
Work represented in many private collections in Britain,France,Holland, Jersey and USA.