Lot 100 - Charles Williams - Young Fellow in Speedos
Oil/Monoprint on Paper
2022
A6 (15x10cm) Original Artwork
Signed on Verso
ARTIST INFO
About
Painter, lecturer, writer. Charles lives in semi-reclusion in a small town in rural Kent. He doesn’t get out much any more. He is currently trying to finish a PhD which is an auto ethnographic investigation into his own work.
Education
Royal Academy Schools, Maidstone College of Art
Select Exhibitions/Awards
John Moores 2020, Marmite Prize 2015, The Lost Paintings of Herzog Dellafiore in Studio Golo Brdo, Croatia, RA Summer Show, Lynn Painter Stainers, My Animal Nature (solo show at New Art Projects, London), The Death Of Joe Skipping (solo show at Studio 1.1, London), Talking to Louise Bourgeois (solo show at Studio 1.1, London), Autolytic Future Games (curated by Playpaint)
Gallery Representation
New Art Projects, London
Statement about AOAP Submitted Artwork
It's so hot. My creatures are made in monoprint - it’s the closest I can get to painting in the printing medium. The way I make my pictures is very immediate and improvised all the way. Nothing to copy, nothing to refer to, only what is rolling around in my mind.
It’s a bit anxiety-provoking sometimes! I like to feel that I can change my mind if I fancy it, rather than having to stick to what I thought of half an hour, two days, or last week. They’re oil-based ink and oil paint on handmade paper, which is probably one of the most stable mediums you can find. Unlike me, I suppose.
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