A huge congratulations to MFA artist CHARLES WILLIAMS for his first museum solo exhibition!
January 15th – April 23rd, 2015
“Swim: An Artist’s Journey” solo exhibition at The Franklin G. Burroughs‑Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum in Myrtle Beach, SC.
What was once hidden is now an open artistic diary of Charles Williams’ fearful journey.
A native of Georgetown, SC, Charles Williams continues to explore the nuances of his emotional relationship with water — this time investigating thoughts, emotions and experiences from the past, so that what was once hidden has now become an artistic public journal for viewers to co-explore his ocean phobia. His solo exhibit Swim: An Artist’s Journey captures the essence of his ever-morphing aqua obsession with hauntingly personal and hyper-real 6’+ oil paintings placed strategically to surround and engulf, bringing the viewer face-to-face and into the ocean. Utilizing cinematic elements of sight and sound, the exhibit experience is intended to evoke the sensation of being in water.
Known for his contemporary landscapes, Williams shows his sensitivity by exposing his journey from fear to freedom through the visual poetry of these works. Personal sequential experiences imbued with the cultural influences of living on the southeastern coast and actualized on canvas will be offered as this artist’s diary of his fearful obsession with water.
Seen in the American Art Collector, and Professional Artist Magazine for his 2012 show entitled “In Thought,” as well as other various internet and art publications. Other publications follow the rising artist with features and previews in the Artist Magazine, Studio Visit, Charleston Magazine, Grand Strand Magazine, Empty Magazine, Escape into Life, the Oxford, Southwest Art and more.
Swim: An Artist’s Journey will be presented in January 2015 at the Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum in Myrtle Beach, SC.
About Charles Williams
Charles Williams is a professional contemporary realist painter from Georgetown, South Carolina and a graduate of the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) in Savannah, Georgia with a Bachelors Degree in Fine Art. Utilizing oils for the basis of landscapes, each painting captures his reflection of human emotions in response to and in sync with the natural environment. Recent achievements and awards include a Hudson River Landscape Fellowship, featured work in the Artist’s Magazine’s 28th Annual Art Competition, honorable mention from Southwest Art Magazine’s 21 Emerging Under 31 competition, 2012 Winner of the Fine Art Category from Creative Quarterly, 2013 selected artist for 28th Positive Negative juried art exhibition at East Tennessee State University, juror/curated by Michael Ray Charles from PBS Art 21, one of 25 selected artists for the 2012 Dave Bown Project in Chicago, juried/curated by Karl Hecksher, owner K5 Editions, New York, Andrea Karnes, curator at Modern Art Museum, Fort Worth, Mary Kate O’Hare, curator at American Art, Newark Museum, 2ndBluecanvas Publication international competition, “Environments” and featured cover artist of Composite and Professional Artist Magazine. Williams’ works has been shown in American Art Collector, Empty Magazine, Charleston Magazine, Grand Strand, Studio Visit, Bluecanvas and other national publications. He was interviewed and broadcast on ETV/ NPR station on September 3, 2012, entitled: Nature Through the Eyes of an Artist. He recently received the 2014 Riley Institute Diversity Leadership Award from the State of South Carolina for development of enriching art programs within local communities.
His contemporary landscapes have been exhibited in group and solo exhibitions in galleries in New York, Vermont, California, and several other southeastern states and now are represented by Robert Lange Studios and Morton Fine Art.
Please contact Morton Fine Art for artwork availability.
mortonfineart@gmail.com
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