Exhibit: The Street Less Traveled
January 11, 2025 @ 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Exhibit by David O. Williams. David has been painting all of his life but has specialized in watercolors and water media since 2010.He says “There is a freedom in watercolor which adds to the naturalness and excitement in a painting”. His representational style emphasizes design and movement over strict realism. David normally paints in his studio but also participates in a number of plein air events each year.
He is Past President of the Madison Art Guild, Vice President of the Madison Watercolor Society, a member of the Transparent Watercolor Society of America and a professional member of Wisconsin Visual Artists.
His works have been shown at the Pablo Center in Eau Claire, Pumphouse Art Center in La Crosse, Playhouse Gallery at the Overture, the Gallery at Solarium, Local Motive Art Gallery, Art Hub Gallery in Cambridge, Alverno College in Milwaukee, New Visions Gallery at Marshfi eld Clinics, Woodland Studios in Stoughton, the Wusted Museum in Racine, as part of MMOCA’s Gallery Night in Madison, the Cedarburg Art Museum, the Freeport Art Museum, Re:Vision Gallery in Kenosha, River Arts in Prairie du Sac, the Beloit Fine Art Center, the Riverfront Arts Center in Stevens Point, the Monroe Arts Center in Monroe, Old Court House Art Center in Woodstock, Illinois, the Portage Center for the Arts at Tivoli, Dane County Regional Airport, Isthmus Art and Framing, Drumlin Ridge Winery, Al Ringling Theatre in Baraboo, Communication Madison, 100State, Paoli Road Mercantile, UW Hospital, Hatch Art House, Absolutely Art, Yahara Bay Distillery, Attic Angel and the Pyle Center in Madison, WI.His images have been chosen for the Grand Opening of the Gallery at Solarium (2022), Meaningful Connections (2022), Mother / Nature (2022), Everything COVID (2021), Culture and Agriculture 2020, 2022 and 2023, EcoTherapy (2020), Masters as Muses (2020), Art Is In the Air (2020), Re:Vision Art Gallery Juried Exhibition (2019), Freeport Art Museum’s Regional Juried Exhibition (2018 and 2022), Watercolor Wisconsin 2015, 2017 and 2019, Seasons of the Sugar River (2016, 2017 and 2022), Iconic Wisconsin 2017, Real People 2107, the Dane Arts calendar.