Christopher Williamson

This body of work curated for Open Studios presents illustration as a means to ignite our collective imagination and employs chiaroscuro to deliver compelling and dramatic narratives.

My drawings illuminate long-forgotten memories and shine a light on childhood, times past, family and friends. This year I'll be including several small sculptural assemblages containing found objects. These tactile 'memory boxes' are each a remembrance of things because objects have stories too.

I trained at Sheffield and Leeds Colleges of Art and subsequently worked in advertising and educational design. After a thirty-five year freelance career I have concentrated on my personal art practice since 2009.

I am represented in the Permanent Collections of Bunbury and Busselton, plus many private collections in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and UK.

My work is always available at the Margaret River Art Studio, where you can meet 'the unrepentant illustrator'.