James Williams
Durham, NC
919-408-0613
artofjameswilliams.com
jimwillart@mindspring.com

James Williams got his first pastels about 25 years ago, and while he has worked in colored pencil, ink, watercolor, etc., for the last few years his work has been mainly in soft pastel . Born in Baltimore, he showed early interests in drawing and in science, particularly chemistry, which like painting finds meanings in colors and color changes. He went on to receive a Ph. D. in Chemistry from Princeton University, then worked in labs in the U. S. and in England, including a year working with the soon to-be Nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry, Prof. Roald Hoffmann.

Williams always has been interested in the artistic delineation of human behavior. He has studied drawing, painting and computer graphics in formal as well as informal settings. In particular he studied portraiture with Tony Ryder, and pastel technique and portraiture with Herbert Slapo, of the Pastel Society of America, here in North Carolina, and with Dorcas Moulton in Oakland, CA. Besides being the President of the Pastel Society of North Carolina, he is a member of the Durham Art Guild, of the Colored Pencil Society of America, Raleigh/Durham Chapter and Associate Member of the Associated Artists of Winston-Salem. He shows a sample of his work on his website, www.artof jameswilliams.com. His work is represented in private collections in various parts of the United States, Mexico and France.