Minneapolis Artist
Minneapolis Artist Roger Williamson
Minneapolis artist Roger Williamson, original symbolic fine art oil paintings inspired by mythological and magickal themes, including the tarot’s major and minor arcana cards.
Roger Williamson is a Minneapolis artist and author, residing and creating
Born in Loughborough, England, in 1947 and growing up in Coventry, he was inspired from an early age by the French Symbolist painters of late nineteenth-century France,
In conjunction with his esoteric upbringing and practical experiences of mythology and dream control, these influences form the matrix, a collective oeuvre upon which his paintings and writings are an extension.
Taking ancient classical myth themes in a way that is both timeless and modern, he invites audiences to enter a personal dream theatre.
Aspiring to reintroduce mystery and ambiguity back into the adventure of human existence through the creative process, his works encourage artistic audiences towards “living effulgent and invigorating lives, revitalised from the secretions of their subconscious.”
Roger Williamson is the creator of the Tarot of the Morning Star deck and the author of The Sun at Night.
Statement
Art is an externalisation of struggle to rationalise and give form to something not understood.
The artist, like the oyster, is driven to externalise this conflict into the image of a pearl.
I believe art should be appreciated through a viewer’s interaction with the work, allowing the image to speak for itself and not be prejudged by society’s academic paradigms.
This concept has close parallels to techniques first acquired in childhood, such as the ability to stare at clouds and see recognisable images arise and fall in the mind’s eye out of what initially was perceived as chaos.
Through this technique, letting a work speak to a deeper self than the superficial mind involves the viewer in the creative process, and their imagination evolves the artwork to another level. The work is no longer stationary but part of a wave, as is nature herself.
Tarot of the Morning Star deck available from Amazon 
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