Fear Loves This Place
I wanted to paint a golf course for a long time but struggled to find an interesting view. The photograph I used for this painting was taken in January, with … Continue reading
Somewhere, Yesterday
Sometimes a photograph I’ve taken lends itself to painting and it’s difficult to pinpoint exactly why. Although this is an ordinary, everyday scene I felt it had an interesting combination … Continue reading
Lightweight
The image I worked from to create this painting was a combination of two of my own photographs. In the original the balloon was not quite in the right place … Continue reading
Access Project
This is my first attempt at painting and is a re-make of ‘No-one Is Quite Sure’, a painting that is now part of the Priseman-Seabrook Collection, something I am very … Continue reading
Our Bloody Hell
An alternative title might be ‘A Summer’s Day at the Nuclear Bunker’. This is an old anti-aircraft gun in partial shadow at the Secret Bunker in Hack Green near Nantwich … Continue reading
Field of Gold
I had fallen in love with Dutch landscape painting, particularly those featuring cattle by Aelbert Cuyp. I wondered what it might mean, if it would mean anything at all, to … Continue reading
Historical Rubble, Contemporary Goat
My intention was to present an image on the edge of metaphor, that looked as though its true meaning might be something other than the rural poetry of a goat … Continue reading
Lies About Nothing: Sean Williams’ Paintings – a text by Dr Alison J. Carr
Lies About Nothing: Sean Williams’ Paintings Flat land—a flat horizon line crosses the centre of the predominantly grey painting. To the left, there are gestures that hint at maybe a … Continue reading
Celebrate These Good Times
Highly colourful and a joyful celebration of summer. The candy-striped canopy invites revelers to dance and make merry, and the cherry tree has never looked in ruder health, its rich … Continue reading
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