How did we get here? - AN EXHIBITION BY MICHAEL WILLIAMSON 2023

Posted by Michael Williamson November 18, 2023

How did we get here? - AN EXHIBITION BY MICHAEL WILLIAMSON 2023

After displaying the collection ‘Things I Love’ in 2022 Michael was inspired to continue their journey through personal artwork questioning media as an artist with their mixed media approaches whilst the artist's journey explores the duality of feminine and masculine energy. The dichotomy captured is deeply connected to the significant personal moments and feelings of life.

Michael was inspired by Chirographer Julie Cunningham's show ‘How Did We Get Here’ and a live performance by Sigur Rós and the Moon forever changing and yet being reliable made the artist question whether we present in every moment, and contemplating the loneliness of living and never fully being understood, while we acknowledge the chaos that lives within and around us The longing in our hearts, and the concept of memory asking the question … How did we get here?

Michael Williamson is a London-born artist currently based in Forest Hill. They studied Fine Art and Design and graduated with a degree in Fashion Design from Northbrook College in Worthing. They interned with MCQ, Alexander McQueen's diffusion line. They subsequently went on to work in the fashion industry as a stylist, in particular working on events for London Fashion Week. He has since worked on several styling projects and the National Portrait Gallery with his installation work displayed for one night only in an event for the NPG and Rankin in 2012.

Michael continues to work in the fashion industry as well as creating YouTube Videos every Wednesday as @quirkygentleman based on other artists and their shows for all to have access to and to talk about Art and culture.

‘We need words’**

2023

Monoprint / Acrylic on Canvas and thread

Approx.A4 size canvas

£75:00

‘Who needs words’**

2023

Monoprint / Acrylic on Canvas and thread

Approx.A4 size canvas

£75:00

** Both pieces can be displayed individually or together, allowing the viewer to express their own way of communication

‘Peace’

2023

Monoprint / Acrylic

8.5x 10.5" Framed

~~£80:00~~

Sold

'Lean on me'

2023

Acrylic and embroidery on Canvas 

18 x 22” 

~~£225:00~~

Sold

‘Spring in South Africa’

2023

Watercolour and bush fire branches used as charcoal

5 x 7" Frame-mounted 

~~£50:00~~

Sold

‘Lifes too short to be guarded’

2023

Monoprint, acrylic, needlework, and wire with oil on canvas

A4 approx. canvas size

£200:00

* Close-up of detailing below

'Strawberry Moon'

2023

Watercolour and Pen

16 x 12” framed 

£80:00

* Close-up of detailing below

'Flower Moon'

2023

Watercolour and Charcoal

Aprox. 20.5 x 16.5” framed mounted

~~£100:00~~

Sold

'Harvest the last supermoon'

2023

Watercolour and Pen

16 x 12” framed 

£95

‘Life's to short’

2023

Monoprint and Pen

A4 Framed

£90:00

‘Summer Solstice’

2023

Watercolour and pen

13” x 13” Framed and mounted 

~~£75:00~~

Sold

‘Heysátan’

2023

Monoprint

10.5 x 8.5" Frame hand-finished and mounted box frame

£60:00

‘Seasons’

2023

Watercolour, pen and Oil pastel

7 x 5" Frame-mounted 

~~£80:00~~

Sold

‘Always on my mind’

2023

Acrylic and Oil Pastel

10.5 x 8.5x " Frame hand-finished and mounted box frame

~~£85:00~~

Sold

‘Oslo Bathers in Spring’

2023

Lino print and Acrylic

Approx. 7 x 5" Framed

~~£80:00~~

Sold

‘Time’

2023

Monoprint poem and pressed flowers

8.5x 10.5" Frame hand finished and mounted box frame

~~£65:00~~

Sold

‘Spring Captured again’

2015

Pen wash and Poem

8 x 10" Framed

~~£50:00~~

Sold

'Out of this world Photography series'

This is a series that the artist started in 2022 following the Moon and the cycles for the course of a year aiming to capture that perfect shot, every piece in this series will be a singular print as the intention is to capture a moment in time.