Enid Williams

Enid Williams’s work reveals an interest in both the physical and intellectual process of perception, especially the manner in which we read and understand pictorial space. She relies on a complex ordering of form and color to create elaborate visual scenarios that appear to be in continual flux.  As an artist, she questions the possibility of slowing down the viewer’s gaze by creating an image that requires more careful engagement. Consequently when her works are viewed collectively, they reveal color nuances only gradually. There is little evidence of pictorial hierarchy, instead the optical effects create an entirely ambiguous space, both undermining and heightening our desire for logic and order.  The vocabulary of small circular shapes is meant to evoke a sense of playfulness, while also reflecting a certain temporality of appearances. In this way meaning might manifest itself in a sense of time and place.