Roger Williamson Artist Statement
Artist Statement
Roger Williamson, visual artist and painter
I believe that art is most powerfully experienced through personal connection and direct engagement, unmediated by societal or academic filters. My approach echoes the innocent curiosity of childhood—like finding shapes in clouds from apparent chaos—embracing discovery through open perception. In this way, art transcends superficial analysis, inviting each viewer to become an integral participant in the creative process.
When imagination fuses with perception, art can ascend to a higher plane, embodying a dynamism reminiscent of nature’s perpetual motion. Here, art ceases to exist as a mere visual object; instead, it transforms into an ongoing dialogue between the piece and its observer. Every interaction is unique, shaped by personal experience and perspective, highlighting the fluid and transformative nature of artistic expression.
Art is an externalization of struggle to rationalize and give form to something not understood.
The artist, like the oyster, is driven to externalize this conflict into the image of a pearl.
In some circles, this definition is called exorcism.
If you don’t create your own reality you are condemned to live in someone else’s
Roger Williamson is a symbolic artist residing in Minneapolis, Minnesota.