Gordon Williams

Cape Town born Gordon Williams’ paintings are a unique combination of Expressionism and Impressionism. Largely self-taught, in 2012 he devoted himself full time to painting.  His medium is mainly acrylic on canvas or charcoal on paper.  Gordon works from his self-built home & studio in Riebeek Kasteel or en plein air in the rugged landscape of the Swartland region. 

His forays into landscape painting moved onto depicting colourful bold & vivid still life arrangements often including furniture that he has made.  He uses only white and the three process printing colours, (magenta, cyan & yellow) to create his paintings. 

Gordon’s artistic talent was initially nurtured under Henry Symonds at Rondebosch Boys High School and his inspiration comes from a lifetime of appreciating objects of beauty and a love of nature. To date he has had seven solo exhibitions and been included in a further eight group exhibitions. 

ROOM:

"For this exhibition I focused on the room that is entirely my space, my studio, where I am generally left undisturbed to create.  The flower arrangements against the banisters and window blind in my studio, transform familiar aspects of my studio into moments of stillness and reflection and show the quiet beauty found in ordinary spaces."