The Visual Arts Society’s Featured
Artist of the Season is showcasing the work of Dora Williams starting Thursday,
11 November from 6-8pm at Pedro Castle’s Watler House Studio, and refreshments
will be available on the opening night.
The exhibit is also open to the
public on Saturday and Sunday, 13-14 November, from 10am-4pm.
The show’s artist for fall is apt
given that Mrs. Williams, immediate past president of the society, first came
up with the idea of the seasonal show to highlight the work of local artists.
The show will display more than 20
paintings and is untitled.
“The exhibition is my way of
introducing my work to the public with a variety of techniques and themes,
which I have pursuing in my career as a painter,” said the painter.
“There will be pieces depicting
life in Cayman including the egrets’ series, the roosters, and sea shells. I
always liked painting portraits so there will be also a series of portraits of
African women,” she added.
Mrs. Williams’ last solo
exhibition, Gift from the Sea, was also shown at the VAS in 2007 and was a
collection of paintings of seashells. Her last group exhibition, My Beloved
Isle, was at the Ritz-Carlton and displayed art based on the National Song.
The forthcoming show will include
pieces for sale and some from the artist’s own private collection.
Ever keen to express herself and
the world around her, the artist enjoys experimenting with new methods and
themes so that her work is constantly evolving.
“I started at the age of 11 and
even at that tender age felt that the paintings came from within,” she said,
“It is a passion that never ends, it is the sense of completely losing yourself
in the process of making a piece that keeps me alive.”
Speaking of when she knows a
painting is finished, she said, “It’s a very organic and intuitive process,
when it satisfies me and I am happy with the result then it is finished. There
are many ways I check: Looking at it upside-down, in the mirror, this makes to
see the work in a different angle.”
A few of her pieces are fashioned
using a technique learned of drawing on metal learnt from Nun Miriam, her art
teacher at middle school in her native Italy. “The framed works on display at
the show are painted with ink on metal foil.”
A long-time supporter of local
charities, the artist is about to start on a series of new pieces that she and
a group of fellow artists have been commissioned to paint for Meals on Wheels
fund raiser with a percentage of the sales going to the local non-profit.
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