Enid Williams

Title: Personal Matter
Color Pencil
20”x20”

Studio:
1 Barbara Avenue
Greenville, SC 29615
864-244-4256

Directions:
From downtown Greenville, take Church Street to Wade Hampton. Continue on Wade Hampton approximately a mile past Pleasantburg. Turn right onto Cherokee between Wachovia Bank and Walgreens. Barbara Avenue will be the 2nd street to the left.

Artist Statement:
My work reveals an interest in both the physical and intellectual process of perception, especially the manner in which we read and understand pictorial space. I rely on a complex ordering of form and color to create elaborate visual scenarios that appear to be in continual flux. Although historical and cultural influences have informed my work, charts that test for colorblindness served as my initial inspiration. I find a certain amount of irony in this source, as the charts are quite beautiful in their own right, and the viewer is persuaded into a longer examination in order to “read” their content. As an artist, I question the possibility of slowing down the viewer’s gaze by creating an image that requires more careful engagement. Consequently when works are viewed collectively, they reveal color nuances only gradually. There is little evidence of pictorial hierarchy in my imagery.  Instead the optical effects create an entirely ambiguous space, both undermining and heightening our desire for logic and order. My vocabulary of small circular shapes is meant to evoke a sense of playfulness, while also reflecting a certain temporality of appearances. In this way meaning might manifest itself in a sense of time and place.