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Paintings and portraits
by Abbie Williams have found their way into homes across the United
States and other countries including, Canada, England, Spain and
Venezuela.
“I’ve always felt being an artist is not something
one does, but rather, is a state of being. It’s not something
that gets turned on and off, it’s who a person is in their
soul. For me it not only shows up as some art form, but how I
live my life. My creativity takes on many forms; it’s all
around me and one type of expression feeds another. There is no
vacation from it. Sometimes it’s a curse and sometimes it’s
an incredible gift. Whatever it is, I’d have it no other
way. I love being creative. That’s who I am!”
Professional Studies
Moore College of Art - Philadelphia, PAPortland College of Art
( MECA )- Portland, MEScottsdale Artist School - Scottsdale, AZUMA
- Augusta, MEPrivate study - Francis Hook, E. Boothbay, ME, David
Leffel, Taos, NM, Daniel Greene, Scottsdale, AZAdvanced Studies
- UNM, Taos, NM
Awards and Shows
Taos Invites Taos 2000 - Best of Show and Best of Representational
Taos Invites Taos 1999 - Best of Representational
Kaiser Permanente Invitational
Oil Painters of America - National Juried shows, Santa Barbara,
CA ; Taos, NM ; Missoula, MTScottsdale Artist School; “Best
and Brightest”
Pastel Society of Florida, Annual juried Show
Pastel Society of the West Coast Annual Juried Show
One Woman Shows; Damariscotta River Grill, ‘05 ; Trading
Post, Taos, NM ‘ 96 ; Ars Longa Gallery, Taos, NM, ‘
02
Memberships Teaching and more
Pastel Society of America - Member
Oil Painters of America - Member
Taos Institute of Art ‘ 01 - Teacher
Taos Art School ‘ 01 - 03 - Teacher
Private Students - 1990 to present
Freelance Commercial Artist - 1982-1992 (paintings, lithographs,
porcelain sculpture )
“Absurd Realism” - article, September ‘ 03
Other
Commercial artist '83-'94 designing art plates, figurines,
porcelain dolls, and lithographs, Chicago, IL.
“My theme is color and light, and anything can be a foil
for that. I can’t say I have a technique but rather a process,
that is, I follow my creative heart into different painting adventures.
I paint in series. An idea emerges and it begs me to try in on
in a number of variations. I’ve always said,‘repetition
could be the death of me’ hence the variety of what I paint.”
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