The Art of Laurie Williams
"Red Boat 252"
Unframed Oil on Canvas 515mm x 415mm Ref: 020
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"Capt. Watkins First Flight"
Unframed Oil on Canvas 1056mm x 850mm Ref: 003
The inventor Charles Horace Watkins (1884-1976) designed and built a small red plane (Robin Goch) in about 1908 in Maindy, Cardiff. It is claimed that it was the first plane to fly in Wales although there is no photographic or eyewitnesses’ accounts of the flight. Laurie’s painting depicts this flight in a picture with so much activity while Capt. Watkins is quietly soaring above it all on his maiden voyage. The plane is still in existence and can be viewed at the National Waterfront Museum in Swansea.
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"Untitled"
Unframed Oil on Canvas 610mm x 610mm Ref: 029
"Mystic Welsh Landscape"
Unframed Oil on Canvas 760mm x 585mm Ref: 030
Laurie's Notes on the Rear of The Canvas
"Beachy Head"
Framed Oil on Canvas 680mm x 680mm Ref: 031
Laurie's Notes describing the various elements of the composition and attached to the back of the painting
"Untitled"
Unframed Oil on Canvas 500mm x 500mm Ref: 032
"The Old Studio"
Framed Oil on Canvas 550mm x 650mm Ref: 033
"Untitled"
Unframed Oil on Canvas 560mm x 560mm Ref: 034
"The Maid of Sker"
Framed Oil on Canvas 565mm x 565mm Ref: 039
Laurie's notes telling the story of the Maid of Sker written on the back of the painting
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"The Old Steelworks"
Framed Oil on Canvas 722mm x 375mm Ref: 035
The Iron and Steel Works, East Moors in Splott, Cardiff Bay. By 1895 there were 4 blast furnaces . The steel plate produced was used in shipbuilding. After WW2 however the plant began to be adversely affected by the fact that there was no more room for expansion. The East Moors site was closed in 1978 with the loss of thousands of jobs and remained derelict for many years. Laurie’s painting portrays the chimneys pouring smoke into the atmosphere and the steam emanating from the cooling towers reflecting the hive of industry that was taking place in the busy buildings beneath.
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"Safe Harbour"
Framed Oil on Canvas 785mm x 535mm Ref: 036
"Door In A Landscape"
Framed Oil on Canvas 690mm x 685mm Ref: 037
"Foreign Legion"
Framed Oil on Canvas 690mm x 685mm Ref: 038
"Fair At Tredegar Park"
Framed Oil on Canvas 680mm x 685mm Ref: 040
"Rhondda Scene"
Framed Oil on Canvas 510mm x 760mm Ref: 041
"The Emigrants"
Framed Oil on Canvas 685mm x 690mm Ref: 042
"The Rose Window"
Framed Oil on Canvas 690mm x 690mm Ref: 043
"Scottish Settlers"
Framed Oil on Canvas 658mm x 656mm Ref: 044
"The Accordianist"
Framed Oil on Canvas 590mm x 670mm Ref: 045
"Train to Oberammergau"
Framed Oil on Canvas 800mm x 540mm Ref: 046
"Juno Beach 1944"
Unframed Oil on Canvas 760mm x 510mm Ref: 047
"Tom's Telephone Box"
Unframed Oil on Canvas 610mm x 605mm Ref: 048
"1998"
Unframed Oil on Canvas 560mm x 560mm Ref: 049
"le miracle d'esparge"
Framed Oil on Canvas 660mm x 660mm Ref: 050
"Touching Rock Bottom"
Framed Oil on Canvas 795mm x 545mm Ref: 051
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"Bedlinog"
Unframed Oil on Canvas 760mm x 610mm Ref: 052
Bedlinog is a beautiful Wesh town that Laurie enjoyed visiting. His paining is full of people busily going about their lives. He depicts the sociability of people in the town while others peep out of windows – all of which hints at stories that are maybe best left to our imaginations! This is representative of Laurie’s love of life and his sense of humour. He was interested in the design of old chapels and the old Salem Chapel features in this happy painting.
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"The Offering"
Unframed Oil on Canvas 750mm x 490mm Ref: 053
"Farewell Old Friend"
Framed Oil on Canvas 1040mm x 835mm Ref: 010
"The Searchers"
Framed Oil on Canvas 854mm x 1054 mm Ref: 004
"Tribute to Cecil Collins"
Framed Oil on Canvas 648mm x 648mm Ref: 054
"Auntie Mabel and Uncle George"
Framed Oil on Canvas 510mm x 310 mm Ref: 055
Laurie's Note on the Rear of the Painting alerting us to the fate of Uncle George!
"Hiawatha and the Elders"
Framed Oil on Canvas 1056mm x 850mm Ref: 007
"Arbeit Mach Frei"
Framed Oil on Canvas 850mm x 1056mm Ref: 001
"Madame Slobadaskiya"
Framed and Glazed Oil on Canvas 565mm x 565mm Ref: 027
"Flowers Life"
Framed Oil on Canvas 375mm x 710mm Ref: 017
"Rhymney Chapel, Queens Crescent"
Framed and Glazed Oil on Canvas 568mm x 568mm Ref: 024
"The Artist Being Carried Off By A Large Lady"
Framed Oil on Canvas 570mm x 470mm Ref: 028
"The Hon. Mrs Chumley-Bottomley"
Oil on Canvas 764mm x 510mm Ref: 022
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"Valleys Landscape"
Framed Oil on Canvas 1055mm x 850mm Ref: 009
Laurie spent a lot of time in the Welsh Valleys. His wife, Marion grew up in the Garw Valley and her father was a miner. He loved the architecture and the people that lived there. This was painted at a time when the coal industry was in crisis and it is now hard to imagine that the Welsh Valleys and their inhabitants were so dominated by the coal industry and the legacy this has left.
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"N. Wales Landscape"
Oil on Canvas 1056mm x 850mm Ref: 002
"Spain 1989"
Oil on Frame (broken) 775mm x 775mm Ref: 013
"Untitled"
Unramed Oil on Canvas 765mm x 340mm Ref: 016
"Thinking of Araba"
Oil on Canvas (loose in frame) 1054mm x 864mm Ref: 006
"Army Tent"
Oil on Canvas 515mm x 620mm Ref: 019
"Post-Op Flight"
Oil on Canvas 510mm x 405mm Ref: 021
"Tomo and Akiko" 2006
Framed Oil on Canvas 1056 mm x 805 mm Ref: 008
Laurie's notes as they appear
on the back of the painting
"The Stones"
Oil on Canvas 610mm x 610mm Ref: 018
"Brecon Scene with Window"
Framed OIl on Canvas 612mm x 560mm Ref: 015
"The Red Citroën"
Framed Oil on Canvas 955 mm x 598 mm Ref: 012
"Horizons"
Framed Oil on Canvas 854mm x 1054mm Ref: 005
"Poet Laureate at Colwyn Bay"
Framed and Glazed Oil on Canvas Under Glass 565mm x 565mm Ref: 014
"I Remember Bassaleg" 2003
Framed Oil on Canvas 785 x 530mm Ref: 011
Laurie's notes appearing
on the back of the painting
"The Headlands"
Framed Oil on Canvas 520mm x 520mm Ref: 023
"The Quarry"
Framed Oil on Canvas 685mm x 685mm Ref: 025
"Picture Window"
Framed Oil on Canvas 685mm x 685mm Ref: 026
