Pantamlwg, Trefenter, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, SY23 4HJ

Wales, UK.

Tel: (44) 01974 272654.

email: wildscapes_2000@yahoo.co.uk

Last Updated: 10/7/11
Being a self-taught artist has its drawbacks, the long road to learning techniques that would have probably taken a few lessons at art college have required tenacity not to mention a lot of wasted paper. But from an early age Owen had a strong desire to share the atmosphere and mood of those unique moments in time that we all experience in our sporting lives, whether it be with rod or gun.

His chosen medium of watercolour has not made this task any easier as it is both demanding and unforgiving of mistakes. His work follows a long tradition of watercolour landscape painting using the skill of placing washes which allows the pure white of the paper to glow through the picture rather than painting with white pigment. Despite the difficulty of this medium he feels that the subtle colour and translucency that watercolour offers is best suited to convey both weather and light that are the essential ingredients in his pictures. The picture below illustrates this point well.
'Down before dark'
Over the past twenty four years Owen Williams has established a reputation as one of our leading sporting artists drawing from his experiences such as hunting in Gemsbok in Africa, shooting quail in Alabama, deer stalking in the UK and fishing for trout and salmon in Scotland. Each experience whether it be in the wade-fishing the grassflats of Florida or suffering the dawn cold whilst wildfowling on his nearby estuary provide him with huge inspiration for his work. His paintings feature in major private collections in the UK, Europe and the USA. In 2003 Owen received a commission by the Royal Household to paint a 21st Birthday picture for HRH Prince William and the highlight of that year was to deliver the painting to Buckingham Palace with his wife Sally.

'The Flight pond at Sandringham'

(Commissioned by the Royal Household)
REDSPOT ARTISTS AT BRAMHAM PARK

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Woodcock Ringing
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