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Myra
Williamson
Myra Williamson was born August 21, 1963 in Krotz
Springs, Louisiana, a tiny town between Baton Rouge and
Opelousas. Myra has always drawn; growing up she was
interested in design and eventually acquired proficiency
in the art of faux finishing. It never occurred to her
that she would be an artist and her parents did not
encourage an artistic career. Because she loved "the way
art looks on a bare wall" she began creating fine art
paintings for her own home. When guests from New Orleans
asked to purchase her art, her life as an artist began.
Five years ago, other friends encouraged her to do her
first art show as a way to increase her visibility.
Since Katrina, Myra has found a new home in Jersey City,
NJ. She's modest and doesn't like to talk about herself.
As she says, "It's all about the art." Preferring mixed
media, Myra enjoys working with textures, painting on
wood (hollowed wood doors) which are cut, finished and
primed with gesso; she then uses some oil, but mostly
acrylics as well as water based plaster to express her
vision. When she is inspired to add script to the work,
it is rendered in graphite. The pieces are finished in
high gloss archival lacquer. Myra doesn't consider what
will go on top of the texture that is applied first -
she does some sketching, but the sketch is not
necessarily how the piece will look when finished.
Amazingly, Myra has had no formal training and is
self-taught. Myra tends to gear pieces as to how they
will look in an interior. When creating a piece, it is
more for the objects around it rather than just the
piece, and she gives a great deal of thought to what
will work in a particular room.
"For me, becoming an artist was never a conscious
decision. It was something that just naturally evolved.
Falling under the spell of European Masters and local
artists alike, I felt I needed to explore my own
interpretation of beauty, light and design. My passion
brings me beyond the technique in order to interpret the
subject in different ways and to expand that
interpretation into my own personal statement."
--Myra Williamson
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