Welcome to the world of Lesley Williams artist, where colour, emotion, and imagination blend to create captivating visual stories. Based in Norfolk in the east of England, Lesley Williams is an accomplished painter whose work is embedded in landscapes and deeply intertwined with emotion and perception, inspired by nature through changing seasons, weather, tidal movement, growth and decay, arrival, absence.

In her artistic journey, Lesley Williams has been inspired by a range of artists and genres, Impressionism in particular, but she is constantly ‘pushing the boundaries’ and experimenting with new ideas. She might complete a picture outside, or do drawings and notes in her sketchbook, which translate into paintings back at the studio. She is uninterested in accuracy or photographic realism, but instead seeks the essence of the places she loves and painting becomes a journey. The work is becoming more abstract with occasional hints of the original colours or structure she may have been observing.

Landscapes are the biggest influence on the paintings, whether verging on realism or completely abstracted. The landscape becomes part of a journey through emotion and experience to the resulting image. The work often features coastal areas and lately has shown a contrast between the mysterious open expanses of the North Norfolk coast with the dramatic rocky Cornish coastline around St Ives, resulting in two very different bodies of work. 

For Lesley Williams, art is more than a visual experience; it is a dialogue that bridges imagination and reality. By engaging with her work, viewers are invited to share in this collective experience, finding their own meanings and connections. Thank you for exploring her world - where every painting tells a story waiting to be discovered.