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.
CHIN UP, 60 x 60cm, acrylic on canvas
60 x 97cm, acrylic on canvas
ZEUS ON THE PULL, acrylic on canvas, 60 x 60cm
CONTORTION, acrylic on canvas, 120 x120 cm
REACHING, acrylic on canvas, 120 x120 cm
RESOLUTION, acrylic on canvas, 60 x 60 cm
TRAPPED, acrylic on canvas, 100 x 100 cm
PEACEFUL, acrylic on canvas, 100 x 100 cm
CONTEMPLATION, acrylic on canvas, 60 x 60 cm
60 x 40cm, acrylic on canvas
ICARUS, acrylic on canvas, 100 x 60 cm
KRONOS, acrylic on canvas, 50 x 40 cm
UNTITLED, 60 x 60cm, acrylic on canvas
HIGH FLYER, 60 x 60cm, acrylic on canvas
CITY, acrylic on canvas, 40 x 40cm
49 DAYS LATER, acrylic on canvas, 40 x 50 cm
ARSON ATTACK, acrylic on canvas, 50 x 40 cm
CHARON, acrylic on canvas, 100 x 100 cm
FALLING MAN 2, acrylic on canvas, 40 x 50 cm
FALLING MAN 3, acrylic on canvas, 50 x 50 cm
FALLING MAN 4, acrylic on canvas, 40 x 50 cm
MODERN SISYPHUS, acrylic on canvas, 100 x 100 cm
PANDORA's BOX, acrylic on canvas, 100 x 100 cm