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Simon Williams Strong colours and strident marks are for me the very essence of what I enjoy about painting. I'm fascinated by the juxtaposition of marks the spatial complexity that is created as some colours come forward and others recede. I would liken the process of painting to developing a kind of vocabulary of intuitive mark making, using shapes/forms and colours which hold a particular innate resonance. When I place a mark on the canvas it compels a response to balance a colour or form to agitate or calm. I work in acrylic, laying the canvas on the floor. This allows me the freedom to get around the image and apply the paint liberally without it running off the surface, in this way the painted mark retains the detail of the dribbles and splashes and nuisances of detail. This tangible record of the energy and dynamic of its application is a very important element within the work. Lots of things from the visual world around me inspire, but I do not want to make copies of them rather use them as a starting point. The work is about the dialogue I have with the paint and the marks I make within the confines of the canvas. As a pulsating living human being I believe abstraction and painting provides the best means to communicate the energy and exuberance of being alive and if I can create a piece of work that captures that and it can speak to the viewer then I think it is worth pursuing. Simon Williams June 2005 The artist has made a short film to illustrate the "Making of a Painting". Please click here to view it on Google Video.     EDUCATION 1987 1989 Loughborough College of Art and Design B.A (Hons) Nottingham University College of Art and Design M.A Fine Art GROUP SHOWS 1987 1988 1989 1989 1990 1990 1991 2005 "Mini Works", Loughborough "Gadsby Drawing Prize", Leicester "Summer Show", Nottingham City Artists "Alternative Leonardo Show", Gabriels Wharf - London "Mid Art", Birmingham "Art in the Park", Clapham Common - London "New Pack", Brice Associates - London "Bonham's, Cornish Contemporary Art", Cornwall SOLO SHOWS 1990 1992 2005 2006 "Recent Drawings", The Garden - Loughborough "New Works", Brice Associates - London "Dynamism", Vitreous Contemporary Art - Cornwall The Rainyday Gallery - Cornwall EMPLOYMENT 2000 - 2005       1996 - 2004               2003 2001 1996 - 2000     1996   1996   1996 1992 - 1995 1990 - 1992   1989   1998   Nick Dudman, Warner Brothers, Leavesdon Studios Animatronic Design Engineer - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - Star Wars, Episode II Attack of the Clones - Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone The Jim Henson Creature Shop, Camden, London Animatronic Design Engineer - Pinocchio - Odyssey - Buddy - Flintstones Viva Rock Vegas - Wolf Brothers - Levi Jeans Add - Lost in Space - Honey Monster - Merlin - Jack and the Beanstalk, the real story - Dr Do-little Stage production - Peter Pan Stage production - Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy Rag Doll Productions, Warwick Animatronic Design Engineer - Boobahs Science Museum, London Interactive Exhibit Designer Atlas Models and Special Effects, Fulham Interactive Exhibit Designer - Sellafield Visitors Centre - Selfridges - Trocadero - Mondeo Car Launch T.S.F.X, Windsor Model Maker - Compaq Computers Image Animation, Pinewood Animatronic Design Engineer - Killer Tongue Asylum Models Animatronic Design Engineer - Honda Central School of Speech and Drama, London Lecturer in Prop Making Spitting Image, London Animatronic/Exhibit Design Engineer - Rubber works - Barcelona Olympics Webb Foote Theatre Productions, Loughborough Propmaker - “Alternative Leonardo Exhibition” Museum Casts, Corby Prop Maker - Superman/Marilyn Monroe MOMI