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Ann Williams
Ann Williams Ann Williams was immersed in the art world at an early age. Her artist father exposed her to art galleries and displays early on and Ann found her youthful artistic inspiration in nature. After graduating from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with a degree in Fine Arts, Ann eventually plunged head first into the art world to pursue her passion full time. She explored a variety of media and continued to evolve as an artist while continuing to reside in Lincoln, NE – her current location. In 2010, she completed a large glass mosaic sculpture piece for Hildegard Center for the Arts which will be on display in a variety of venues until it takes residence in the center’s permanent location. In 2007, Ann completed and exhibited a large body of work from the Book of Psalms. This series contained 150 mixed media paintings and debuted in Lincoln for three months before it began its current life as a traveling exhibit. She has had the privilege of working on a public art project for Mid America Nazarene University in Olathe, Kansas, and has exhibited her art in Los Angeles, Boston, Chicago, and other places across the nation. Ann currently serves as Team Leader of “Visual Voice,” a visual arts ministry of Lincoln Berean Church. She has also recently joined the board of the Hildegard Center for the Arts. Ann’s most recent painting project is inspired by the Gospels as she depicts Matthew, Mark, Luke and John on canvas; 80 of the estimated 200 paintings are now completed. Along with this series, she continues to explore nature and landscapes through her unique style of rich color and intuitive bold lines. “My inspiration comes from creation, scripture and observations of how people and objects move and sound. Through sharing my work in a variety of venues from galleries small and large, mainstream or religious, I strive to encourage other artists within my reach and challenge them and all other viewers of my work to do that which they’ve been created to do.” If you would like to learn more about Ann and see a larger compilation of her work, visit her website at ann.envisiongalleries.com.
BACK to PAINTING
10/4/2011
It's crazy that the last listing for the site was back in August of 2010. It's been crazy since then. Think I tried to write a couple updates but had trouble posting them, so we'll try again. The start of 2011 brought a major upheaval in our lives as we decided to put our house on the market and move. "We can't raise three teenagers here" was one of our statements. So my "creative" time was spent painting, fixing, tiling, and prepping the house to list on Feb. 14ish. We did so and in April the house sold and we moved into our new place (yes it has a studio space!) on May 23.

I created a sculpture for the Yankton, SD RiverWalk while the house was being viewed. It was delivered in May and now stands tall near the river until April 2012 when it will come down. I also took on a local project to paint a bench to place downtown Lincoln to bring awareness to the Slave Trafficking that occurs in NE. Those benches were delivered in Sept. and will soon be on display.

i spent the summer getting things in order in the new place and hanging with the boys. So I was excited to see the start of a new school year with two in elementary and one at home (who naps every afternoon). Yep that means studio time for mom!

As you may have seen, I've been working on the Gospel Series for quite sometime and God has brought up the opportunity to work with an organization called Tiny Hands in order to auction those paintings off. That will happen sometime first quarter in 2012. A majority of the proceeds will go to the organization which helps keep women out of the sex trade in countries like Nepal. I hope any of you who read this will be able to bid on something you like at that time so that we can help others across the globe. We will auction about half the series then and the other half sometime in the future.

Things with Church and Hildegard Center for the Arts have also taken time this year as well as a trip to LA in June for a CIVA conference and a trip to Des Moines, IA to teach a workshop in July. God is placing people and connections in the arts all around me and it is exciting to see what He is doing and to be part of His work.

I currently am teaching at Lincoln Berean Church on Wednesday Nights. A pastels class which is winding down and soon an acrylics class. I've had some GREAT students this fall who are receptive and working hard on their assignments. Well that's me for now. I'll try to keep posting work regularly now that I have some extra "office time" on my hands -- ok I have an office but not always the time.
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