Catherine Williams

1975 Born in Bristol.
Catherine has been working as a professional artist/printmaker since 2000 and has been able to support herself selling her work through a long list of galleries in the UK.

Initially Catherine s work was inspired by the rugged cornish landscape and the surrounding seas. The rough granite rocks covered in lichen, the wind swept cliff tops, sandy beaches and transparent sea all play an important part in her work.
In more recent years the English countryside, particularly woodlands has become an interesting development, the natural abstract elements of trees and branches and the fading effect of near and far.
Composition is also important to Catherine s work , she is always looking for interesting compositions and will take lots of photos so she can select the most visually pleasing.
The final inspiration to create the work is the techniques she uses. Etching and Carborundum printing are the most commonly used mediums, and its the textural qualities that are unique to these practices that stimulates Catherine to use them. The resulting prints really create a sense of place.

Catherine Williams studied fine art at UWE in Bristol, She graduated in 1997 when she received the Rebecca Smith Prize for Printmaking. In 2001 Catherine successfully completed her masters degree in multi-disciplinary printmaking and was awarded the Printmakers Council Award.
Exhibitions: 2000'The beach' joint show at Rostra gallery in Bath, 2000 'Summer exhibition' the Wiseman gallery in Oxford, 2000 RWA's 148th Autumn Exhibition in Bristol, 2002 'Emerging Artists' at Wills Art Warehouse in London, 2002 'Land and Sea' joint exhibition at the Rostra Gallery in Bath, 2003 Battersea Contemporary art fair in London, 2004 Rostra gallery 2 man show in Bath, 2007 'Catherine Williams' solo show at the Rostra Gallery in Bath.,