Williams’ dynamic landscape paintings are intense and vivid. His subjects share much with the rich traditions of Australian landscape painting but his own visions of the land are projections of his dreamscapes; imagined and abstracted versions of natural forms. The painted subjects are imagined places which Williams executes with energetic gestural marks. Each mark is expressive yet controlled and together they convey the artist’s fondness and familiarity towards each scene as he invents and discovers it.
Originally from Western Australia, Paul Williams’ artistic background was also previously shared with a career in music, as a long-term member of Melbourne band Panel of Judges. Williams holds a BFA from Curtain University and an MVA from The Victorian College of the Arts. He has held exhibitions with Neo Space (2014), Utopian Slumps (2013), Gallery 9 (2012), Seventh Gallery (2011), Mr Kitly (2012) and at the Substation (2012). During his time at The VCA he was recipient of the Alan Gordon McMillan Arts Award, the Rosemary Ricker Award and the Tania Brougham Award. He has also been a finalist in the Keith and Elizabeth Murdoch Travelling Art Fellowship Exhibition at The Victorian College of the Arts (2009) and The Brett Whitely Travelling Art Scholarship Finalists Exhibitions (1999 and 2002). His work is held in the Macquarie Group and the RACV collections and by collectors around Australia, in the USA and in Canada.
PAUL WILLIAMS
1970s Home Stereo System 2019
acrylic on wood
61 × 81 cm
PAUL WILLIAMS
A man and his car 2019
oil on wood
32 × 40 cm
PAUL WILLIAMS
AIRHEAD (a state of mind I hope to reach) 2018
acrylic on polycotton
233 × 162 cm
PAUL WILLIAMS
Anguish 2019
acrylic, cloth tape, on paper
76 × 101 cm
PAUL WILLIAMS
Artist meditating 2019
acrylic and glitter on paper
76 × 101 cm
PAUL WILLIAMS
Artist Meditating 2019
acrylic, cloth tape, on paper
76 × 101 cm
PAUL WILLIAMS
Bachelor Blues 2019
acrylic on wood
61 × 81 cm
PAUL WILLIAMS
Blue relief 2018
oil and collage on canvas and wood
NO DIMENSIONS
PAUL WILLIAMS
Collide 2012
oil on linen
40 × 50 cm
PAUL WILLIAMS
Diamonds and Palms / Achromatic garage door 2017
oil on canvas
122 × 91 cm
PAUL WILLIAMS
Driving / L.A. Light 2018
acrylic on paper
101 × 76 cm
PAUL WILLIAMS
Featurism Painting 2019
acrylic and gesso on polycotton
238 × 163 cm
PAUL WILLIAMS
Grids and hedges 2018
acrylic on paper
76 × 101 cm
PAUL WILLIAMS
House Sitting 2019
acrylic, cloth tape, on paper
76 × 101 cm
PAUL WILLIAMS
House Sitting 2019
acrylic, cloth tape, on paper
76 × 101 cm
PAUL WILLIAMS
I Hell Today 2014
ink on paper
28 × 20 cm
PAUL WILLIAMS
Living Room 2019
oil on wood
28 × 38 cm
PAUL WILLIAMS
Modern Stone 2019
acrylic on canvas
137 × 215 cm
PAUL WILLIAMS
Peeping Tom/Self Portrait 2017
oil on canvas
101 × 76 cm
PAUL WILLIAMS
Sleep and Dreams 2019
acrylic, gesso, glitter, on polycotton
254 × 183 cm
PAUL WILLIAMS
Studio desk 2019
acrylic on paper
76 × 101 cm
PAUL WILLIAMS
Studio Desk 2019
acrylic, cloth tape, on paper
76 × 101 cm
PAUL WILLIAMS
Studio Object 2019
acrylic, cloth tape, on paper
76 × 101 cm
PAUL WILLIAMS
Untitled 2018
acrylic on paper
101 × 76 cm
PAUL WILLIAMS
Untitled 2019
oil on wood
47.5 × 34 cm
PAUL WILLIAMS
Untitled 2019
oil on wood
NO DIMENSIONS
LIGHT INDUSTRIAL
13 November – 07 December 2019
PAUL WILLIAMS
BACKYARD BRICOLEUR
02 December – 19 December 2015
PAUL WILLIAMS
GROUP SHOW
18 March – 02 April 2015
GROUP SHOW
NOTHING SOLID
03 December – 20 December 2014
PAUL WILLIAMS