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CHARLES EDWARD WILLIAMS



SUN + LIGHT
WARM WATER
SELF
PUT YOUR HANDS WHERE MY EYES CAN SEE
BLACK RIVER
NIGHT
EVERYONE LOVES THE SUNSHINE
HERE WE STAND
I SIT + SEW

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02.24 Drawing, David Klein Gallery, Detroit, MI
02.24 Stay in the Light, Cameron Art Museum, Wilmington, NC
02.24 Religion in the Deep South, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC
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Charles Edward Williams is a contemporary visual artist from Georgetown, SC.
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TEXT BY: HEATHER HAKIMZADEH
© CHARLES EDWARD WILLIAMS
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I AM I – 24”x24” – Oil on panel I AM II – 24”x24” – Oil on panel I AM III – 24”x24” – Oil on panel I AM IV – 24”x24” – Oil on panel I AM V – 24”x24” – Oil on panel SWIM – 36”x36” – Oil on panel SWIM I – 24”x24” – Oil on panel SWIM II – 24”x24” – Oil on panel SWIM III – 24”x24” – Oil on panel SELF STUDY #1 – 9”x12” SELF STUDY #2 – 9”x12” – Oil on mylar SELF STUDY #3 – 9”x12” – Oil on mylar SELF STUDY #4 – 9”x12” – Oil on mylar SELF STUDY #6 – 9”x12” – Oil on mylar BIG GULP – 24”x24” – Oil on panel


Myrtle Beach Museum of Art
21C Museum Hotel
In this series, Charles Williams continues to explore the nuances of his emotional relationship with water.  Williams has created a visual journal, revealing a deep dive into the trauma regarding his Thalassophobia, or fear of the ocean. Williams survived almost drowning three times. He shares his thoughts and emotions associated with those incidents.

Article: The Washington Post