My name is Cyril Williams and I have been working as a visual artist for over twenty years.

 

I studied Fine Art Studio at the University of Toronto in the 1990’s and after graduation I slowly but steadily built upon my artistic career. Over the last three years I have been fortunate enough to be able to work at it full time, with some degree of success.

 

My previous artistic practice has explored and utilized both sculpture and painting within a mixed media context. My recent body of work over the last few years has continued to focus on exploring concepts of texture, line, mass and presentation in relation to visually appealing and interesting aesthetics. I have continued to create visual works of otherworldly imagery inspired by a lifetime of living in Canada.

 

I have liberated my imagery primarily from the oral tradition of Canadian myth and legend: scouring kitchen table chatter for suitable themes and setting them upon rural Canadian landscapes sublimely infused with multiple layers of textural deviations.

 

By exploring these concepts and pulling potent imagery out of my source material, I am able to refocus  with clearly defined degrees of setting and atmosphere explored through layered color, material and textural work on mid to large sized canvases.

 

I use social media, online galleries and forums as well as public exhibition opportunities to build upon my exposure as a Canadian visual artist. I also try to involve and engage the public to become part of the creative process through interaction on social media and within the construction of my large scale installation projects..