Painted silence. A map of memory.
Welcome to the work of Bruce Williams—abstract painter, writer, professor of cultural studies, and witness to memory and rupture.
These paintings are invitations into memory, place, and the deep quiet between words.
A musical companion—Brahms' Intermezzo in A major, Op. 118 No. 2—is available through the Music Panel.
Still Looking at the Color
Oil on canvas.
24 × 18 inches
Residue of Voices
Oil and collage on canvas.
20 × 16 inches
Noonline Fracture
Acrylic and collage on canvas
24 × 24 inches
Courtesy of Kledian Myftari, Prague, Czechia
Something Tried to Speak
Oil and collage on canvas
24 × 18 inches
Memory of the Earth
Acrylic and collage on canvas
36 s 24 on canvas
Vanishing I
Oil and collage on canvas
24 × 18 inches
Echo of the Earth
Oil on canvas
18 × 24 inches
Dawn over Uncertaint
Oil on canvas
20 × 20 inches
Scattered Thoughts
Oil and collage on canvas
20 s 16 inches
The Margins Spoke First
Oil and collage on canvas
20 × 16 inches
The Geometry of Twillight
Tempera on Wood
24 x 24 inches
Moscow Nights
Oil on canvas
30 x 24 inches
What I Meant Was Violet
Acrylic and collage on canvas
20 x 16 inches
The Slope Carries Its Memory
Acrylic on canvas
20 × 20 inches
Courtesy of Andrea Lekaj, Saint Clair Shores, Michigan
From Ashes to Light
Acrylic and collage on canvas
10 × 24 inches
As If Light
Acrylic on Canvas
20 × 20 inches
Where the Distance Broke
Oil on canvas
24 × 30 inches