Roger Williams

Roger Williams –
travels began at an early age and led him to his art career. His father was an artist and advised Roger not to follow his career path. Roger graduated from high school in Alamosa, Colorado, saved enough money to travel to Europe and hitchhiked around. There he spent much of his time at the art museums - he was intrigued with the work and studied it as much as he could.

After five months of travel, he returned to the States and acquired a scholarship to study art at the University of Denver. Soon after he received his Masters of Arts from Adams State College in Colorado. He started teaching right away at the university level and in workshops and at the time was working in watercolor and oils.

Roger developed his own techniques through studying books from his father's collection as a professor of art. Roger abandoned his idea of painting in an ultra-realistic manner and moved toward his own style. When he moved to Santa Fe, he discovered pastels and soon about 70 percent of his work was in pastel.

"Most of my pastel work is now studio work," he says. He adds that he often does a plein-air study in oils on location, then brings that home to create a large painting in pastel. "Once a subject has caught my eye, I decide first if it will work better in pastel or oil. I look for a good design, a sense of continuity, that will make a painting. I like every subject-figures, architecture, landscapes-I paint them all. I start with thumbnails, lots of them, whether on location or in the studio. I do them in charcoal, and work to get the design right."
Laguuna Pueblo Acoma Pueblo Alomos Los Ojos
Laguna Pueblo
Oil
16x20
2900.
Acoma Pueblo
Oil
16x20
2900.
Alomos
Oil
20x16
2900.
Los Ojos
Oil
9x12
1450.
Amongst the Cottonwoods Gardner Primos pueblo heritage
Amongst the Cottonwoods
Oil
16x20
2900.
Gardner
Oil
12x9
1450.
Primos
Oil
12x16
1900.
Pueblo Heritage
Oil
16x20
2900.
RWAftertheHarvest the painter Dappled Light HQ Autumn Moon Rise
After the Harvest
Oil 12x16
1900.
The Painter
Oil
24x18
3450.
Dappled Light
Oil
30x40
7800.
Autumn Moon Rise
Oil
8x10
1250.
meeting in moonlight Passing Cloud Shadows 1 Passing Cloud Shadows 2 Cloud Shadows
Meeting in  Moonlight
Oil
16x12
SOLD
Passing Cloud Shadows 1
Oil 7x5
725.
As a Diptych w/ #2
1400.
Passing Cloud Shadows 2
Oil
7x5
725.
Cloud Shadows
Oil
40x60
14,500.
Interior Hunting Party HQ Monte Bianco Patiently Waiting
Interior
Oil
16x12
SOLD
Hunting Party
Oil
30x40
SOLD
Monte Bianco
Oil
9x12
SOLD
Patiently Waiting
Oil
12x16
SOLD
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