Jennifer Williams Dragon
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
||
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|||||||||||||||||
 |
 |
 |
|
|||||||||||||||
 |
|
|||||||||||||||||
 |
 |
 |
|
|||||||||||||||
 |
|
|||||||||||||||||
 |
 |
|
||||||||||||||||
 |
|
|||||||||||||||||
 |
 |
 |
|
|||||||||||||||
 |
|
|||||||||||||||||
 |
 |
|
||||||||||||||||
 |
|
|||||||||||||||||
 |
 |
 |
|
|||||||||||||||
 |
|
|||||||||||||||||
 |
 |
|
||||||||||||||||
 |
|
|||||||||||||||||
 |
|
|||||||||||||||||
 |
|
|||||||||||||||||
 |
 |
 |
|
|||||||||||||||
 |
|
|||||||||||||||||
 |
 |
|
||||||||||||||||
 |
|
|||||||||||||||||
 |
 |
 |
|
|||||||||||||||
 |
|
|||||||||||||||||
 |
 |
|
||||||||||||||||
 |
|
|||||||||||||||||
 |
 |
|
||||||||||||||||
 |
|
|||||||||||||||||
 |
 |
|
||||||||||||||||
 |
|
|||||||||||||||||
 |
 |
 |
|
|||||||||||||||
 |
|
|||||||||||||||||
 |
 |
|
||||||||||||||||
 |
|
|||||||||||||||||
 |
 |
 |
|
|||||||||||||||
 |
|
|||||||||||||||||
Jennifer Williams Dragon
This series of botanical watercolors is the result of a self-imposed challenge: to commit directly on paper an immediate visual experience. The flower is a symbol of the ultimate paradox: the perfection of nature, the transience of form- the eternal return found in the ephemeral moment. To confront the flower is to confront a mirror defining space and time and to learn from a gentle teacher the art of submission to the now. Since flowers are in constant movement, the composition could only be maintained for a maximum of eight hours: after that, the pretext for the watercolor would be finished and the painting complete. Watercolor on paper is an unforgiving medium, (it tolerates no lapse in concentration or superficiality of mark) the sense of urgency and focus is intense: not unlike the mind of a runner in a marathon who must co-ordinate all faculties to finish a race. Because of the severity of the medium and the limits imposed by time, what emerges is a painting that had the spontaneity of a glance and yet the spatial depth of a prolonged study.
Born: March 11, 1961 New York City, New York
EDUCATION:
Undergraduate
1979-81 Sarah Lawrence College Bronxville, NY
1981-84 S.U.N.Y. at Purchase, Dept. of Visual Arts: Bachelor of Fine Arts 1984
mentors: Antonio Frasconi, Nicholas Marsicano
Graduate:
1988-89 Accademia di Belle Arti Perugia, Italy (Rotary Foundation Scholar)
1988 Centro Linguistico Dante Aligheri Siena,Italy
1986-88 S.U.N.Y. at New Paltz New Paltz, NY
GRANTS:
1995 Annual Print Woodstock School of Art
1988-89 Rotary Foundation Scholarship for
Graduate Studies Abroad (Italy)
1987 Artist Workspace Grant : Woodstock School of Art Woodstock NY
SELECTED SHOWS:
Solo shows:
1996 "Floribunda " Woodstock Artists Association Woodstock New York
1989 "Grotto dei Cani" Galleria Le Regard Perugia, Italy.
Two Person shows:
1991 "The Garden Internal" with Ilka List S.U.N.Y. at New Paltz,N.Y.
1984 " 8x2" with Scott Supraner S.U.N.Y. at Purchase, N.Y.
Selected Group Shows:
1996 "Whimsical Paths" Barrett House Galleries Poughkeepsie, New York
1994 "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" James Cox Gallery
1993-1995 Annual Instructor's Exhibit Woodstock School of Art NY
1993 "Return of the Cadavre Exquis" The Drawing Center New York, NY
1993 "Wit in Woodstock" James Cox Gallery, Woodstock, New York
1992 "Benefit for Friends in Need" Bill Bace Gallery New York, New York
1990 "The Biggest Watercolor Show on Earth" The Buttonhole Gallery
1988 "Graphic Design and Printmaking Alumni Works" Purchase, New York
1987 "A Floral Show" Artworks Gallery Woodstock, New York
Other:
1997 Active Members Wall: "Travel Sketchbook" Woodstock Artists Association
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
January 29 1998: Woodstock Times "Spacing In" review by Renee Samuels
October 24.1996: Woodstock Times "Late Bloomers" review by Renee Samuels
February 16, 1996: Kingston Daily Freeman "Art Exhibition Breaks Winter Doldrums"
review by James Shine
February 15 1996: Taconic Newspapers "Roads Not (Usually) Taken" review by Sarah Stack
August 10,1995: The Mountain Eagle "A Beautiful Dynamo:Williams Makes Living
with Her Art" profile by Mwalimu
June 17, 1994: Kingston Daily Freeman "Artistic Coup Found at New Paltz Gallery"
review by James Shine
February 18,1994: Kingston Daily Freeman "Cure HALT with trip to James Cox Gallery"
review by James Shine
PROFESSIONAL:
1993-1995 Woodstock School of Art : Instructor-Drawing and Composition
-Foundations in Oil Painting
1985-Present JWDragon Studio: Free-lance Artist and Fine Arts Restorer :
1984 Yonkers High School - Fine Arts Project Art Instructor
1983-1984 B.O.C.E.S. Gifted and Talented Program, Westchester County, New York -
Visual Arts Professor's Assistant
CURATORIAL:
1998: "Nicholas Marsicano: Master and Mentor" A retrospective of the paintings of Nicholas Marsicano - Woodstock Artists Association, Woodstock NY
1998: "Space and Being: Four Abstract Perspectives" A group show of four abstract artists exploring the nature of Space in Art. Kleinert/James Art Center, Woodstock NY
PROJECTS AND COMMITEES:
1995-1998: Present Woodstock Artists Association Board of Directors
1997- Webmaster: Woodstock Artists Association Internet Site
1997: The Children's Home Annual Fundraising Dinner Dance
Collections, selected:
John and Lorraine Brice, Kingston, New York
Ford Crull, New York New York
Antonio Frasconi, South Norwalk Conn.
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Higgins, Boston, Mass.
Sallie Motch and Robert Lawrence, Cold Springs NY
Mr. and Mrs. John Leigh, Ryebrook, NY
Scott Peterson and Karen Warkentin, London U.K
Dr. and Mrs. Louis Propp, Manchester Center, Vt.
Millie Siceloff, Seattle, Washington
Mr. and Mrs. Stanford Singer, Hastings on Hudson, New York
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Swiderski, Hastings on Hudson, New York
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Wiggins, New York New York.
