Charles Williams
Born in Evanston, Illinois, Charles lives in semi-reclusion in a small town in rural Kent. One-time student of the Royal Academy Schools, founder member of the notorious Stuckists, his work has been exhibited in the UK, Europe, and USA, shown in the John Moore’s, the Marmite Prize and the RA.
I've made a series of monoprints for IT'S A PATTERN. They are all about Flora, who arrived in my paintings last month and doesn't seem to want to leave, and some guys at a barbecue...I don't know...it was hot...and a pony...
Monoprints are as close to the process of painting as I can get, and each one is unique; I make the image on a glass plate and then use a baren to press dampened paper over it. That makes an offset print, and I can work into the image on the glass again to make another print, and so on. It's a risky business! The prints are all on handmade paper, and I use oil based etching inks. It's all proper stuff, and blooming expensive to make. The only improper thing about it all is the images themselves. I can't really help you there...
