RODGER WILLIAMS

Rodger Williams is a serial life drawer, ”if I don’t draw, I go crazy, it’s an essential part of retaining my sanity”. From an early career as an art director in an indulgent advertising sector, Williams uses art to battle residual demons from a toxic lifestyle. He predominantly satisfies the need to create from live figurative sketching, some of which morph into large scale paintings. The final product is an interesting blend of block painting and expressive figures, which are simultaneously aesthetically appealing and uncomfortable. There is ambiguity in the lines that form the body, offering alternative imagery in the space around them. Beauty meets darkness in varying degrees in each painting, sometimes torturous, often unnatural, always impactful. In addition to figurative work, Williams creates dystopian scenes to respond to social and political issues. He also draws on mythology to inspire some of the imagery in all of his work.