Todd A. Williams was born in the small farming community of Central City, Nebraska.
He studied painting and illustration at the Kansas City Art Institute. After graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree he worked as an illustrator and senior designer for the next ten years.

Today Todd 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.

"He's reminiscent of (19th-century portrait painter) John Singer Sargent and can do fantastic landscapes at the same time," says Dirk Meyer, owner of Meyer Gallery in Santa Fe, N. M. and one of Williams' first representatives. "People like the style, the feel, the looseness that he portrays. Todd is definitely an up and coming star."

Todd's work has been exhibited across the US in gallery, museum, and invitational exhibitions, such as the Gilcrease Museum, the Great Plains Art Museum, Cincinnati's Great American Artists Exhibition, and the Oil Painters of America National and Regional Exhibitions.

Todd Williams' success really doesn't come as a surprise," says Dirk Meyer, owner of Meyer Gallery in Santa Fe, N. M. and one of Williams' first representatives. "He has the ability and skill to take the viewer to a peaceful place within themselves.
He uses a subdued palette blended into poetic, serene scenes.
He doesn't resort to 'tricks' to create his work. It is true tonal work from the heart."

Although Todd is not an abstractionist, he still uses an abstractionist metaphor which is 'to take from.' In his case he has chosen to take his forms from nature and his expression from his heart. He has a unique ability to go beyond surface effects of atmosphere and light--to turn inward, to capture the soul and sentiment of the subject. "Natural beauty found within one's heart can correspond to the natural beauty of light on still life, landscape and figure," he says. His painting has continued to be a moment in his life he wishes to share with everyone else. Out of the abundance of his heart he invites us to participate along with him in the same experience.

In 2004, Williams received national and international exposure for his art through a feature article in Southwest Art and International Artist Magazine selected him for "Master Painters of the World" in the United States Showcase. Also in Sept. 2005, he was featured in the Fine Art Connoisseur (formerly known as the Plein Air Magazine).

Todd A.Williams
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Education: BFA--Kansas City Art Institute

Selected Exhibitions:

Solo Exhibition "VIENNA & PRAGUE", July 29th. 2006, Howard/Mandville Gallery, Kirkland, WA
"The 2nd Annual Great Plains Art Museum Show and Sale", May 2006, Lincoln, NE
"The American Miniatures Show 2006",Feb. 2006 Settlers West Gallery, Tucson, AZ
"Christmas Miniature Show 2005" Nov. 2005 Whistle Pik Gallery , Fredericksburg, TX
"10th Annual Great American Artists Exhibition and Sale" Nov. 2005 The Cincinnati Club, OH
"OPA Central Regional Exhibition" Oct. 2005 Snowfire Gallery, Estes Park, CO
"COLORADO'S 10TH ANNUAL RICHARD SCHMID ART AUCTION" Sept. 5, 2005, Fort Collins, CO
"MAYNARD DIXON COUNTRY 2005", Aug. 28th, Maynard Dixon Museum, Mt. Carmel, Utah
"LOVE OF THE LAND", May 6th, 2005-Howard/Mandville Gallery, Kirkland, WA
"SLICE OF LIFE" - March, 2005 Howard/Mandville Gallery, Kirkland, WA
""AMERICAN ART IN MINIATURE", Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK - Nov. 2004
"NEW WORKS-SOLO EXHIBITION," Meyer Gallery, Santa Fe, NM - Jun. 2004
"OPA 13th ANNUAL NATIONAL EXHIBITION," Howard/Mandville Gallery, Kirkland, WA - 2004
"INTRODUCTIONS SHOW," Howard/Mandville Gallery, Kirkland, WA - Feb.12- March 1, 2004
"13th ANNUAL INVITATIONAL - Miniature Show," Howard/Mandville Gallery, Kirkland, WA - 2003
"INTRODUCTIONS 2003: ARTIST SHOW," Greenhouse Gallery of Fine Art, San Antonio, TX
"SOLO EXHIBITION," Meyer Gallery, Santa Fe, NM - Jun. 2003
"SALON INTERNATIONAL 2003," International Museum of Fine Art, San Antonio, TX
"OPA TWELFTH ANNUAL NATIONAL EXHIBITION," Taos, NM - May 2003
"ONE MAN SHOW," CCAA, Van Buren, AR - Feb. 2003
"FIVE ARTISTS TO WATCH," The Legacy Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ -- Feb. 2002
"HOLIDAY SHOW," The Legacy Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ -- Dec. 2001
"AMERICAN ART IN MINIATURE," The Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK -- Nov. 2001

Awards:

PORTRAIT SOCIETY OF AMERICA, Certificate Award Winner 2004
JURY'S TOP FIFTY, SALON INTERNATIONAL 2003
ARTIST MAGAZINE 2002 COMPETITION, 2nd place in Portrait
ARTIST MAGAZINE 2001 COMPETITION, Finalists in Portrait and Landscape

Teaching Positions:

Judged the 2006 "First Brush of Spring" Plein Air Competition - New Harmony, IN
Judged the 2006 "53rd Annual Bartlesville Art Association's Spring Show" - Bartlesville, OK
"2005 Eastern Europe Workshop" Sept. - Prague, Czech Republic
Artist of NorthWest Arkansas--Oil Painting Workshop. Sept. 2004
CCAA--Oil Painting Workshop. Feb. 2003
John Brown University--Art Professor of Advanced Illustration. Fall 2002
John Brown University--Art Professor of Oil Painting 1 & 2. Fall & Spring 2001