Instructor: Kelly Williams
Wednesday
June 14
10am - 4pm
1 session

“How do I add more meaning to my art?” Whether exploring personal, social, or environmental issues, employing intentionally derived content to your creative practice can add an additional layer of complexity to your visual vocabulary. Through a series of written and art-based exercises you can develop and document personal symbols spanning from pure abstraction to representational imagery. This will become source material to be discussed, arranged and incorporated into small sample pieces using a variety of encaustic techniques to take home for inspiration and direction. We will discuss the use of the formal elements and principles of art including how to employ composition, emphasis, scale, repetition, texture and color theory to support and reiterate meaning. This creates pathways to more intentional content and personal meaning in your art practice while maintaining an elevated and professional final product.

Kelly Williams’ background in social work influences both her art and teaching style and often takes on a psychological perspective. She is a Tier Instructor for R&F handmade paints and teaches both group and private sessions out of her studio. She has received multiple Project Grants from Portland’s Regional Arts and Culture Council to work with disenfranchised populations using art as a healing tool. She has presented at the International Encaustic Artists’ annual retreat, Portland City Hall and been interviewed in multiple publications and broadcasts. Kelly has taught at Arts & Communication Magnet Academy, and served on the educational committee of Sitka Arts & Ecology Center and the board of Portland Open Studios. Her work has been shown nationally, including the Museum of Encaustic Art, Portland Center Stage, Portland Center for the Performing Arts, and George Fox University. Her work can be found in many corporate and private collections and she is currently represented by Pearl Gallery in Portland, OR.