Sean Williams
My paintings are views of the fringes of suburbia, places that feel as
though they are familiar, but then escape our conditioned response. I
aim to place the viewer as still points of a turning world - alone, for a
while, then possibly watched as they look on. The scene switches
between mundane and suggesting something may be about to happen.
I have been making paintings based on this premise for over two years.
These areas are much more interesting to me because there is an inherent
mystery and, crucially for me, there is doubt. There is uncertainty
because they could claim to be both urban and rural, but are arguably
neither fully urban nor rural. There is an undecidability to this
landscape. We stand on the cusp of one thing or the other.
My intention is to depict generic scenes that could be anywhere in the
country. I take della Francesca’s ‘Ideal City’ as a suitable model for a
painting with an almost inexplicable psychological weight, and seek to
capture a similar atmosphere. As soon as a place is definitively
identified, by a familiar landmark for example, the work becomes about
that specific place and the opportunity for viewers to create their own
narratives is lost. My painting technique has been described by artist
& curator Robert Priseman as ‘contemporary pointillism’ and it is a
deliberate attempt to acknowledge and, in part, evoke the spirit and
social conscience of Camille Pissaro.
My creative process takes the form of walking around areas on the edge
of conurbations – exploring with camera in hand, looking for things that
may be slightly out of the ordinary, and which, by painting, I can draw
attention to in the hope that they reveal something hitherto unsaid
about contemporary existence.
Examples of Work -
Release,
Acrylic on board, 30 x 40 cm
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Guaranteed Pleasure,
Acrylic on board, 60 x 90 cm
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Lies About Nothing,
Acrylic on board, 130 x 85 cm
Bio - Sean Williams was born
in 1966 and is based in Sheffield. Recent group exhibitions include
‘Contemporary British Painting’ at Huddersfield Art Gallery,
‘@PaintBritain’ at Ipswich Art School, and ‘Picturing Sheffield’ at the
Millennium Galleries.
His paintings are views of the fringes of suburbia, places that feel as though they are familiar, but then escape our conditioned response. The scene switches between mundane and suggesting something may be about to happen.
His painting technique has been described as ‘contemporary pointillism’ and is a deliberate attempt to acknowledge and evoke the spirit and social conscience of Camille Pissaro.
His paintings are views of the fringes of suburbia, places that feel as though they are familiar, but then escape our conditioned response. The scene switches between mundane and suggesting something may be about to happen.
His painting technique has been described as ‘contemporary pointillism’ and is a deliberate attempt to acknowledge and evoke the spirit and social conscience of Camille Pissaro.
swseanwilliams@gmail.com
www.swseanwilliams.wordpress.com
www.twitter.com/SeanWilliams23/
0771 136 5221
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