Color plays the major role in Williams' work; and on her large and small canvases, colors swirl and dance in circles, yet never repeat. As in the familiar color blindness charts, Williams says it is up to each viewer to find their own underlying pattern. "I find a certain irony in this source, as the charts are quite beautiful in their own right," she said.
An exhibit of 10 paintings by the Texas-born Williams is on display now through April 3 at the Piedmont College Mason-Scharfenstein Museum of Art in Demorest. A reception and gallery talk by the artist will be held from 5-7 p.m., March 12. Admission is free and the gallery is located at 567 Georgia Street. Museum hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday through Saturday. For more information, contact museum director Daniel White at [email protected] or call 706-894-4201.
Williams received an M.F.A. degree in painting from Kent State University and has instructed studio classes at Kent State, Youngstown State, and the University of Akron. She is currently an assistant professor of art at Greenville Technical College. Her work has been exhibited at the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh, as well as the Columbus Museum of Art in Ohio. In addition to numerous grants and awards, in 2012 she received a grant from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, established by the widow of Jackson Pollock.
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