"Bringing the Museum to You"

By permission of the artist, The Cyber Art Show is pleased to feature the third of three 12-piece Exhibitions of works by American contemporary Impressionist painter Todd A. Williams (born 1967 in Nebraska).

 

Born in the small farming community of Central City, Nebraska, Todd has been aware of the natural beauty of the world around him since his childhood, an awareness that he continues to cultivate today through the art of painting. Todd was eager from an early age to pursue art. At a time when most of us leave our crayons behind, he was being accepted and encouraged by his classmates, as an artist.

 

After studying painting and illustration at the Kansas City Art Institute, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, Williams went on to be an in-house Senior Artist/Designer for Hallmark Cards and DaySpring Cards for the next ten years.

 

Today, he excels in his ability to paint all subject matter using spontaneous brushwork and creative virtuosity. Most of the time he can be found painting en plein air. Through this discipline he has found his own recognizable voice, which is now becoming his signature style.

 

Williams’ work has been exhibited across the US in gallery, museum, and invitational exhibitions, such as the Gilcrease Museum, the Great Plains Art Museum, Montgomery Museum Of Fine Arts, “The American Miniatures Show”, Settlers West Gallery, The Maynard Dixon Museum, Cincinnati’s Great American Artists Exhibition, and the Oil Painters of America National and Regional Exhibitions where he has been honored with the prestigious status of a Signature Member.

 

In the July/August 2012 Plein Air Salon Competition he was the winner of the “First Place Award.” In 2010 he won the “Founders Award”  from the American Impressionist Society in their National Exhibition. In 2009 he won an “Award of Excellence” at the 

National OPA Exhibition in Santa Fe, NM., and in 2008, he won the “Second Place Award” from the American Impressionist Society in their National Exhibition at Palm Desert, CA.

 

The International Artist Magazine featured his work from “Vienna and Prague” in their Dec./Jan. 2008 issue. In Sept. 2005, Todd had a featured article in the Fine Art Connoisseur. Also in 2004, he received national and international recognition for his art through a feature article in Southwest Art; International Artist Magazine selected him for “Master Painters of the World” in the United States Showcase.

 

His galleries include: The Sage Creek Gallery, Santa Fe, NM; Whistle Pik Galleries, Fredericksburg, TX; Howard/Mandville Gallery, Kirkland, WA; Sherwoods Gallery, Houston, TX;  and The DeBruyne Gallery, Naples, FL.