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 An artist of many dimensions
 
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usic
 
has
 
been
 
a
 
strong
 
influence
 
and
 
inspiration
 
for
 
Todd
 
Williamson
 
in
 
the
 
creation
 
of
 
his
 
works.
 
It
 
started
 
with
 
the
 
local
 
church
 
music
 
in
 
his
 
childhood
 
and
 
later
 
it
 
would
 
be
 
the
 
great
 
orchestral
 
and
 
vocal
 
works
 
that
 
he
 
enjoyed
 
as
 
he
 
grew
 
into
 
manhood
 
in
 
the
 
U.S.
 
and
 
Europe.
 
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The Tony Clark Report 
September 2011
 
 
“ 
Goodbye to My Heart Tonight”  
oil on canvas, 48 x 48 inches, 2010
 
 
 
Todd
 
did
 
his
 
undergraduate
 
work
 
at
 
Belmont
 
University
 
in
 
Nashville,
 
Tennessee,
 
where
 
he
 
was
 
Fine
 
Arts
 
major
 
with
 
a
 
minor
 
in
 
Vocal
 
Performance
 
and
 
English.
 
Very
 
early
 
in
 
his
 
life
 
he
 
realized
 
that
 
he
 
could
 
not
 
isolate
 
visual
 
art
 
from
 
other
 
media
 
and
 
influences
 
in
 
his
 
life.
 
Using
 
as
 
a
 
 base
 
he
 
would
 
create
 
paintings
 
that
 
all
 
have
 
a
 
preparation
 
of
 
 blue
 
gesso
 
that
 
gives
 
forth
 
more
 
light
 
than
 
white.
 
His
 
technique
 
is
 
to
 
use
 
a
 
straight
 
edge
 
in
 
oil
 
paint
 
to
 
create
 
lines
 
of
 
distinction.
 
These
 
equi
‐
spaced
 
lines
 
can
 
 be
 
 bars
 
for
 
music
 
or
 
lines
 
waiting
 
to
 
 be
 
filled
 
with
 
words
 
that
 
will
 
communicate
 
the
 
universality
 
of
 
arts.
 
Then
 
he
 
comes
 
 back
 
in
 
to
 
‘pull
 
the
 
sounds
 
 from
 
the
 
compositions’.
 
This
 
was
 
the
 
 body
 
of
 
work
 
that
 
set
 
the
 
style
 
for
 
his
 
first
 
solo
 
exhibition/performance.
 
Todd
 
wanted
 
to
 
create
 
ten
 
canons
 
 based
 
on
 
his
 
paintings
 
this
 
exhibition;
 
therefore,
 
he
 
went
 
to
 
Zurich,
 
Switzerland
 
to
 
collaborate
 
on
 
the
 
project
 
with
 
composer
 
and
 
lyrist
 
Greg
 
Walter
 ,
 
who
 
had
 
synesthesia,
 
a
 
condition
 
that
 
gives
 
him
 
the
 
ability
 
to
 
see
 
colors
 
translating
 
these
 
into
 
specific
 
sounds
 
or
 
tones.
 
The
 
finished
 
production
 
was
 
received
 
with
 
great
 
acclaim.
 
You
 
can
 
experience
 
a
 
three
 
minute
 
sample
 
at:
 
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QktSz
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Little
 
did
 
Williamson
 
know
 
this
 
would
 
 be
 
a
 
launching
 
pad
 
for
 
an
 
intellectual
 
 journey
 
that
 
would
 
culminate
 
in
 
studies
 
of
 
Fine
 
Arts
 
in
 
UCLA
 ,
 
throughout
 
Europe
 
and
 
Asia.
 
This
 
road
 
to
 
scholarship
 
and
 
exhibition
 
continued
 
in
 
2005
 
as
 
a
 
visiting
 
artist
 
with
 
the
 
Skopelos
 
Foundation
 
in
 
Greece.
 
While
 
there,
 
Williamson
 
 became
 
familiar
 
with
 
the
 
Greek
 
classics
 
in
 
literature,
 
visual
 
and
 
performing
 
arts.
 
His
 
paintings
 
have
 
a
 
sense
 
of
 
still
 
drama
 
as
 
do
 
the
 
Grecian
 
artifacts
 
in
 
the
 
great
 
museums
 
of
 
Athens.
 
Williamson
 
was
 
also
 
invited
 
to
 
 both
 
the
 
 American
 
 Academy
 
of 
 
Roma
 
and
 
the
 
Scuola
 
Internazionale
 
di
 
Venezia
 
in
 
Venice,
 
Italy
 
as
 
a
 
visiting
 
artist.
 
From
 
the
 
Papal
 
illuminated
 
 books
 
to
 
the
 
Venetian
 
skies,
 
one
 
can
 
see
 
the
 
strong
 
influence
 
on
 
his
 
works.
 
He
 
took
 
this
 
wealth
 
of
 
history
 
and
 
classicism
 
into
 
his
 
own
 
contemporary
 
style,
 
and
 
through
 
his
 
marriage
 
of
 
various
 
media,
 
led
 
him
 
to
 
numerous
 
grants
 
and
 
awards:
 
the
 
Pollock
 
Krasner
 
Foundation
 
Grant:
 
 Artistic
 
Tribute
 
 Award
‐
City
 
of
 
Naples,
 
Italy;
 
Curators
 
Choice
 
 Award
ʺ
Spectrum
ʺ
 Micro
 
 Museum
 ,
 
New
 
York;
 
and
 
a
 
featured
 
artist
 
at
 
the
 
Louise
 
Bourgeois
 
 Artist
 
Salon
 ,
 
New
 
York.
 
If
 
not
 
the
 
latter,
 
his
 
celebrity
 
and
 
exhibitions
 
have
 
propelled
 
him
 
internationally
 
such
 
as
 
to
 
exhibit
 
in
 
Tokyo,
 
Naples,
 
Milan,
 
Montreal,
 
Paris,
 
Shanghai
 
and
 
Beijing.
 
All
 
the
 
paintings
 
exhibited
 
in
 
this
 
writing
 
and
 
more
 
will
 
 be
 
offered
 
 by
 
the
 
renowned
 
 Art 
 
Net 
 
 Auctions
 
from
 
September
 
7
‐
14,
 
2011
.
 
To
 
register,
 
log
 
on
 
www.artnet/auction.com
 
to
 
 become
 
an
 
owner
 
of
 
a
 
21st
 
century
 
leading
 
artist.
 
For
 
more
 
detailed
 
information,
 
I
 
invite
 
you
 
to
 
email
 
me
 
at
 
clarkarts@aol.com.
 
By
 
Tony
 
Clark
 
Chevalier
 
dans
 
l’Ordre
 
des
 
arts
 
et
 
des
 
Lettres.
 
 
“  
There You'll Be”
oil on canvas, 82 x 60 inches, 2009
 
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