JODY WILLIAMS
Studios 2 & 3
Botanical Art & Photography
I am "Botanical by Nature".
I am fascinated by the beauty, variety and intricacy of the botanical world. The colors, shapes, and patterns of flowers, leaves, and fruit have inspired artists and crafts people throughout the ages and continue to inspire me. Predominantly a self-taught artist, photographer, designer and gardener, my favorite subjects are the ones that grow around me in nature, in one of my garden plots or encountered on my travels around the country and the world.
Please join me in my studio at the Foundry Art Centre to share the wonder of plants whether heirloom flowers & vegetables handed down through the generations, familiar cultivated varieties, local natives, or exotics from around the globe. Botanically inspired photography, fine art, fine craft, graphic art, classes and events await you here.
My photography focuses on compelling compositions and vibrantly colored macro images of plants. Landscapes and cityscapes as well as images of architectural ornament with a strong botanical influence are also well represented.
The fine art media in which I work are watercolor, graphite, colored pencil, and pen & ink. I often do renditions of the same subject in all media - first capturing it with photography and then distilling its essence with a line drawing in ink, exploring its form with a graphite tonal drawing, its color with colored pencil and finally rendering a formal watercolor painting or "plant portrait".
My fine craft interests include gourd carving, paper-making (with plant fibers), and printmaking.
Graphic arts pursuits include design of patterns, symbols, logos and abstract interpretations based on organic forms.
Plants are intertwined in art, science, history, culture, economics, politics, health, medicine, conservation, recreation and more. Lectures, events and excursions exploring and celebrating the role plants and the visual arts play in our lives will also be an integral part of activities at the studio.
I look forward to welcoming you here!
