pastels by tim williams
  • Home
  • Portfolio
  • Framing
  • Contact
Picture
Picture

ABOUT ME

Pastel artist


   ​     A retired social worker, I discovered pastel painting in 2012 at age 69.   I had messed around a little with acrylics in the distant past and taken some drawing classes here and there, but pretty much was new to being an artist.   Then I took a soft pastels class with a wonderful pastelist named  Herb Slapo and I was hooked.   I loved the rich, pure colors of pastels and the softness.   When Herb retired from teaching I found another wonderful teacher and mentor, Kim Werfel, and studied with her for several years. 
    My learning continues with another terrific teacher, Alain Picard.  In May of 2020 I signed up for a course on  The Painterly Landscape with him.   The following month Alain established an online community of pastel artists, the Cultivate Community.   As a member I am learning from him to develop a more painterly style - looser, more expressive and softer-edged - supported by a world-wide community of fellow artists.
      I work mostly from photographs I have taken in North Carolina, Hawaii, Canada, France, Italy and England over the past few years.   There are even a couple from photos I took back in the late sixties in Algeria, where I did a Peace Corps-type stint.   A few exceptions where I didn't work from my own photo are noted in my portfolio.
     I haven't tried plein air (out in the field) painting yet, but it is probably in my future.
     I invite you to look at my portfolio of paintings on this site - some are for sale.   Just click the Portfolio tab on the upper right. .


Shows and awards
​Carrboro Arts Center

*Community Artists Exhibitions, December 2014, August 2015, December 2017.
*Student Shows, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017
​*Pure Pigment: Pastel paintings by Tim Williams, solo show, May 2019.
Seymour Center, Chapel Hill
*Pastel artists, Summer 2012.
*Silver Arts Shows, April 2016 (Pastels section, third prize for "Surf Breaking on Lava Rocks, Hawaii"); April 2017; April 2018 (Pastels section, first prize for "Dave Heads Back Down the Mountain").   June 2021 (Pastels section, first prize for "Spring bouquet").   May 2022 first prize ​for "Study in blues and oranges".
*"Kim Werfel and students: Beauty and Versatility", May 2017.
Liquidamber Gallery, Pittsboro
​"Kim Werfel and students: Beauty and Versatility", June/July 2017.
This & That Gift Gallery, Carrboro
​ Solo show, October 2019.
Pastel Society of North Carolina 
Online member show, September/October 2020.
Pure Color, International online show, September/October 2021.
Annual Member Show, Alamance Arts Center, September/October 2021.
Annual Member Show, Imperial Center Rocky Mount, September - December 2022.
Piedmont Pastel Society
Online Member Show November 2021
Online Member Show October 2022
​Fine Arts League of Cary 
​Online member show, December/January 2020/21
Fabulous Fakes, Cary Arts Center, September/November 2022
Durham Art Guild
Members Extravaganza Online show, February 2021.
Members Showcase, Durham Arts Center, January/March 2022
Swing Into Spring online auction March/April 2022
​Members Showcase Jnuary/March 2023
​Cary Gallery of Artists
Small Treasures Show March/April 2021
Private collections: in North Carolina, Pennsylvania, California, Hawaii and in England.
Note: All images on this site ©TimWilliams2018, 2020, 2021, 2022.
​


Picture
Picture
Herb Slapo
Picture
Kim Werfel
Picture
Alain Picard

CONTACT ME

    Get in Touch!

Send
Proudly powered by Weebly
  • Home
  • Portfolio
  • Framing
  • Contact