{"id":8848,"date":"2025-02-14T09:24:48","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T09:24:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/actionspace.org\/artists\/?p=8848"},"modified":"2026-02-11T10:18:55","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T10:18:55","slug":"derek-williams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/actionspace.org\/artists\/derek-williams\/","title":{"rendered":"Derek Williams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"il\">Derek Williams<\/span> combines mixed materials of pastel, pencil and acrylic to create densely layered and richly coloured paintings. Each painting begins as a group portrait, of family and friends significant to\u00a0<span class=\"il\">Derek<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>As the portraits develop the figures morph into their surroundings and become camouflaged within a complex patchwork of colour, shapes and lines.\u00a0<span class=\"il\">Derek<\/span> frequently works on a large, ambitious scale and documents his painting practice through stop motion and photography, capturing the process of the portraits merging into their abstract scenery.<\/p>\n<\/div><!--close .artist-intro-->\n<div id='td-gallery-1' class='flickity galleryid-8864'><div class=\"slides\"><figure class=\"gallery-item\">\n\t\t            <div class=\"gallery-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"421\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/actionspace.org\/artists\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/KEVIN-Dereks-best-Friend-Derek-Williams.-Acrylic-pencil-and-pastel-on-paper.-2024.-101cm-w-x-128.5cm-h_web-res-421x533.jpg\" class=\"attachment-artist_slides 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https:\/\/actionspace.org\/artists\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/TERRY.-Derek-Williams.-Acrylic-pen-and-oil-pastel-on-paper.-2024.-105.5cm-w-x-133.5cm-h_web-res-72x96.jpg 2x\" \/><\/div><div class=\"navpic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"44\" height=\"48\" src=\"https:\/\/actionspace.org\/artists\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/SHARON.-Derek-Williams.-Acrylic-pen-and-pastel-on-paper.-2024.-105.5cm-w-x-111.5cm-h_web-res-44x48.jpg\" class=\"attachment-micro_thumbs size-micro_thumbs\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/actionspace.org\/artists\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/SHARON.-Derek-Williams.-Acrylic-pen-and-pastel-on-paper.-2024.-105.5cm-w-x-111.5cm-h_web-res-44x48.jpg 1x, https:\/\/actionspace.org\/artists\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/SHARON.-Derek-Williams.-Acrylic-pen-and-pastel-on-paper.-2024.-105.5cm-w-x-111.5cm-h_web-res-88x96.jpg 2x\" \/><\/div><div class=\"navpic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"36\" height=\"48\" src=\"https:\/\/actionspace.org\/artists\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Derek-Williams_Artist-Portrait_web-res-36x48.jpg\" class=\"attachment-micro_thumbs size-micro_thumbs\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/actionspace.org\/artists\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Derek-Williams_Artist-Portrait_web-res-36x48.jpg 1x, https:\/\/actionspace.org\/artists\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Derek-Williams_Artist-Portrait_web-res-72x96.jpg 2x\" \/><\/div><\/div><!--close .picnav--><\/div><!--close .flickity--><\/div><!--close .row-->\n<div class=\"responsive-tabs\">\n<h2 class=\"tabtitle\">Exhibitions &amp; Events<\/h2>\n<div class=\"tabcontent\">\n\n<p>Exhibitons<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Derek Williams Solo Presentation,\u00a0<\/em>ActionSpace, Studio Voltaire, 2024<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/actionspace.org\/open-house-2024\/\"><em>Open House,\u00a0<\/em>Studio Voltaire, 2024<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/actionspace.org\/vital-mix-waf-2024\/\"><em>Vital Mix<\/em>, Wandsworth Arts Fringe, Southside Shopping Centre, 2024\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Events<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/actionspace.org\/vital-mix-waf-2024\/\"><em>Vital Mix: Paint Live, <\/em>Wandsworth Arts Fringe, Chocolate Films, 2025<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Derek Williams combines mixed materials of pastel, pencil and acrylic to create densely layered and\u2026 <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/actionspace.org\/artists\/derek-williams\/\">Read 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