A Mine of Information
As an autism consultant with an encyclopedic mind for systems and lists of information I often found myself perceived as something of a walking textbook, a mine of information. Whilst I am logical,...
View ArticleAll The World’s A Game
We so often take our lives so seriously, so personally. But how seriously or personally do we healthily want to take our lives? What might an Emo say? What might a sociopath say? Is the healthy stance...
View ArticleAmidst The Palette
Have you ever been bored looking at perfectionist, somewhat predictable art which just fails to draw you in, fails to connect, fails to transport you anywhere? When I paint I want to create...
View ArticleAssumption
We all assume from our own normalities, our own perspectives and experiences, cultures, histories, orientations, personalities and identifications. And strangely, no matter how many times life kicks...
View ArticleAwesome!
Awesome Reflection, shared giggles, and dimples. Rose petals, snowed and fragrant fall on her head. Tomatoes straight from the vine, exploding with flavor and juice. Bees like mini helicopters buzz,...
View ArticleGoing With The Flow
Why Not Go With The Flow? I’m the black sheep of the family. I am not a substance abuser, alcoholic or drug dealer. I’m not a thief, fence, fraudster, gun dealer or bank robber. I failed to look the...
View ArticleArt Works by Donna Williams on Ebay
A selection of my signed Limited Edition art prints are up for sale for a limited time on Ebay. ABOUT DONNA: Donna Williams is the author of two international bestselling autobiographies and has 10...
View ArticleExpressionist Art – freeing your self expression from judgement and...
A lot of people believe they can’t produce art or that what they produce is ‘crap’. From which perspective? The Realist Artist will spend a lifetime fixating on detail, striving for perfection,...
View ArticleArt Posters by Donna Williams on Ebay
A selection of my signed Limited Edition (but non giclee) art posters are up for sale for a limited time on Ebay. ABOUT DONNA: Donna Williams is the author of two international bestselling...
View ArticleARTISM – an interview with art student Tilly Snaith
Hello Donna, My name is Tilly and I’m an A-level art student from a UK secondary school called Ruislip High. While searching through the Internet for inspiration, I came across your website and was...
View ArticleThe Call
The Call by Donna Williams The movement and travel and physicality of sound was experienced as textures and movement, and in the painting the characters simply give the context…. I love sound, as a...
View ArticleArt in a Box
I recently did some new highly textured faceless works on rustic wooden trinket boxes. There’s something magical about original paintings inlaid on a wooden box… makes you want to open these art works,...
View ArticleDonna Williams’ 2013 Christmas Art Sale
This December marks two years in remission from breast cancer and my subsequent retirement… which was not due to the cancer but due to peripheral polyneuropathy making life progressively ‘interesting‘...
View ArticleSuspense: Upcoming Solo Exhibition of Original Paintings by Donna Williams –...
SUSPENSE: Donna Williams Solo Exhibition of Works by Donna Williams February 16 – February 23, 2014 SparkWorkshops Gallery 33 34th Street 2nd floor Brooklyn, New York 11232 SUSPENSE – the...
View ArticleARTISM blog – art work of the month – Dec 2013 “Starman” by Donna Williams
This month’s artwork is titled ‘Starman’. It is 38 cm x 58 cm, acrylic on wood. What comes to mind is the Bowie lyric “There’s a Star Man Waiting In the Sky’. This painting is a movement from my flying...
View ArticleARTISM blog – Artwork of the month: Jan 2014 “Picnic”
This month’s artwork is titled ‘Picnic’. It is 20cm x 20cm, acrylic on wood. It reminds me of people who are so busy they never stop to smell the roses. Or like that advertisement “have a break, have...
View ArticleArtwork of the Month – Feb 2014 “Heritage”
This month’s artwork is titled ‘Heritage’. It is 38cm x 58cm, acrylic on wood. It reminds me that we are more than a bunch of genetics, labels, conditions. Our personhood is also formed by those who...
View ArticleSuspense: Upcoming Solo Exhibition of Original Paintings by Donna Williams –...
SUSPENSE: Solo Exhibition of Works by Donna Williams February 16 – February 23, 2014 SparkWorkshops Gallery 33 34th Street 2nd floor Brooklyn, New York 11232 SUSPENSE – the exhibition, curated by...
View ArticleArtwork of the Month – Aug 2014 “Release”
This month’s artwork is titled ‘Release’. It is 20cm diameter, acrylic on wood. It evokes the freedom of swinging, the abandon, and release of that action, that movement. It is reminiscent for me of...
View ArticleLets Stop Calling it ‘the autism': Autism and Trauma – what’s the connection?
Recent studies in reputable medical journals have linked Autism to seemingly farfetched things like being born to mothers with pre eclampsia, being born prematurely, being born to older fathers, being...
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