About Pip Williams

Born 1950 in Canberra where I grew up during the development of the National capital under Menzies watchful eyebrows.

Moved to Sydney in late teens & then to Melbourne where I graduated as an Occupational Therapist.

Married & moved to country Victoria, near Ballarat, & whilst raising a family became a ‘crafty hippie' amongst the sheep & goats. Dabbled in most crafts & exhibited in the first Miniature Textiles exhibition held at the Ararat Gallery(1981). As my husband was the director there for several years, I participated in several workshops led by such artists as Mirka   Mora.

We then made the ‘seachange' to St Leonards & set up & operated a restaurant/gallery in the town. At that stage my husband was the artist & I was the chef!

Have travelled extensively overseas, & more recently to the   Central Deserts of Australia .I have also worked twice in Japan, lecturing in Occupational Therapy. These travels have inspired me in subject matter & techniques.

Inspired by my art teacher daughter, I took up lino printing in 2002 & have continued to teach myself   & to develop the skills involved in both the intricacies of design & the sheer excitement of the layering of colours. I visited an aboriginal workshop at Indulkana, near Coober Pedy which specialised in lino prints. This inspired me to launch into colour as the outback cannot be portrayed in black & white.

My prints are influenced by the Bellarine landscape as well as my travels. I enjoy the hands on technique & the ability to lay down many colours & design plates to achieve a sense of mystery, surprise & shimmering colour.

I have also discovered it is always a work in progress, as it is possible to reprint, in any direction or colour until satisfied or sufficiently surprised.

It is an amazing medium & results can range from simple naivety to complex abstractions. It is difficult to return to working small & with a limited palette once you start to experiment!

 

Exhibitions

2005   Group Exhibition, Bay Arts, St Leonards

2006   Group Exhibition, Bay Arts, St Leonards

2006   Solo Exhibition, The Old Duke, Portarlington

2007   Group, Emerging Artists Exhibition, Little Malop Gallery Geelong

2008   Two Man Show, Castlemaine Herons Gallery

2008   Two Man Show, James Butt + Pip Williams, Little Malop Gallery, Geelong