Featured Artist: David B. Williams
David Williams, was self-taught artist of Ojibway descent, born in Garden River, Ontario, in 1947. He moved to Vancouver in 1977 to work as a writer and photographer, but soon began to focus on his artwork, developing a distinctive, graphic, semi-abstract style.
David’s approach was very fresh and original, combining fine graphic lines with elements of stark geometry, abstractness and realism, while using bold vivid colors to depict life cycles in nature. The stylization of animal figures and the abstractness of their settings create a uniquely powerful quality. The fine lines, encircling and pulling together the elements of each painting, are meant to say; “life goes in circles … life is simple.”
Family was a huge motivation for David, “you will find that on the lines framing each painting there are usually four suns, three red and one little yellow one – those are my kids. I paint for them.” The three red suns represent his boys, while the yellow sun represents his daughter.
David passed away in 2009.
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