NEIL WILLIAMS: Although they were pastel until fired, there's a certain projection you had to do and prediction. But it goes to thethere's something special about this area and producing talent and creativity. NEIL WILLIAMS: It changed their lives, and they probably still talked about it and thought about that every time they picked up a brush. And at the same time, we look at so many great artists, and they wereit wastheir big contribution was absolutely they were on the edge. NEIL WILLIAMS: She, of course she talked about seeing them as little round convex canvases. NEIL WILLIAMS: physically kept working. NEIL WILLIAMS: for the rest of their life. [Trials] just come, Elder Andersen said. NEIL WILLIAMS: And itwe talked about itthe lan vital, the vital energyI was getting that back from the pieces. It wasnt until he left school that he ever thought of riding as a career. She was already ill and she was working in a wheelchair. MIJA RIEDEL: You never talked at all about your working process, and I think that would be helpful. It can only be true if that hope springs from Him who is eternal., Regarding this principle, BYU student Grettel Garcia spoke of acknowledging and looking for blessings. And I believe the bricks came from a factory across the road, which built a number of houses. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. MIJA RIEDEL: We didn't talk at all, yesterday [. "Ah, that makes sense to me. longest barstool employees; nchsaa track and Squeak Carnwath said that. This site uses different types of cookies. NEIL WILLIAMS: because she wasn't really into some of the hard personal discussions about life and death. It's just, you say, "All right, let's make it workable or manageable," and you find those small golden moments in the course of a day or an experience with someone thatit's like my brother, one of my brothers was a real talented guy. Elder Andersen shared the experience of President Henry B. Eyring, second counselor in the First Presidency, who determined as a young father to record a few lines every day how the Lord was blessing his life. It's like, "Oh, my God, I can't believe that there was human beings even thinking this way back then." NEIL WILLIAMS: You know, I paint houses, whatever it takes. MIJA RIEDEL: Mm-hmm. But he says, "Find that one small thing to look forward to every day." NEIL WILLIAMS: it just slipped her mind, because she was on to other things. NEIL WILLIAMS: She talked aboutwell, she talked out milking depression for all it was worth. NEIL WILLIAMS: Yeah. Just like, "I'm in my studio and life is good." To use social login you have to agree with the storage and handling of your data by this website. So, it's a terrible burden, I think, in a way, to bear. You know, "The pots aren't art." NEIL WILLIAMS: But being around the clay people, and being around a pot shop. I said, "I'm sitting over here doing all this work I can't afford to finish right now." MIJA RIEDEL: And they're commercial glazes? Neil is a thoroughly decent person who won't let you down and a creative without 'the attitude'' that so often comes with such talents. You'll be redirected to related page soon Don't have an account? MIJA RIEDEL: So, your Freshman year, the end of the first term? NEIL WILLIAMS: [Laughs.] "Having a solo show. He's been really a wonderful, positive impact in my life. Copyright in all R&S materials is owned by Racing and Sports Pty Ltd (R&S). I think that's actually an interesting [aspect of MR] a working relationship. A woman said there was a box, there were 300 applications in them, and there were a dozen of them with Ph.Ds., and there was 12 in-house masters waiting for someone to roll over so that they couldyou know, it's so political, even in these community college systems. There was something not aswasn't as detail-concentrated. That was interestingthat was, I forget the writertalked about perception, conception, and practice. Create your account , it takes less than a minute, Dont let the game play you; gamble responsibly. Duration is 4 hr., 9 min. NEIL WILLIAMS: But its mainit kept the vessel alive and interesting for me. Cannes LionBritish Arrow AwardLIAArt Directors Club of New YorkGraphisAWWWARDSDubai LynxCreative ReviewRanked Top 3 Copywriter (Creativepool), "What a great guy to bounce ideas around with. NEIL WILLIAMS: So, there was a friend who had gotten several pairs and she called them "The Keys of Life," and my concept was in the paintedthe straight line painted ones. So, she had a full palette of color to work with. Similarity in that it staysI stay engaged with it, and I'm not losing interest. It's like another great thing I learned that I certainly borrowed from biology, talked about clay and mark making, and how making marks in clay, you're starting to develop your own vocabulary by doing that. Because I was 2D at the time. NEIL WILLIAMS: So, there are a few out there. And I think that came aboutshe went to a Betye Saar lecture and they were asking Betye Saar about what else is really important, be said, "Well, my children were so important to me, I might take some time off from my work for my children." Neil Williamsalways brought light to every room entered. They're still around. She talked about her connection with the grandmother or with the grandfather who had the pile of junk and nobody moved it, or they stayed away from it because it was his pile of junk, and. I don't know if through the Renwick or whatever itI said, "You're kidding? Or does it feel like a continuous line mostly? NEIL WILLIAMS: And there's not the stress of having to try and figure it out, or trying to push in an area that "Oh my gosh, I'm not going to survive unless I go after this." MIJA RIEDEL: Well, tell it now, if you like? NEIL WILLIAMS: And, I alwaysI mean, she was brave. What do you need to eat? Is there respect for it? So they're just straight-line cuts all the way down, in thirds. And I didn't doubt it. NEIL WILLIAMS: The paintings became spectacular. Monday-Friday, excluding Federal holidays, by appointment. You know, you lose a house, you lose a dear friend young, multiple friends young, unexpectedly. Brown, oldyou know, '60s work. Especially, she thought it could be for any artist when they reach a crisis period in life. Interesting. MIJA RIEDEL: Were together until he passed away. And of course after that it was everywhere, and everyone wanted to tag around and see what she doing and, NEIL WILLIAMS: get into her studio. NEIL WILLIAMS: That's one thingthat's one thing that I realized that I do well issince I was 14, is I was able to throw very well. 566 Following. And how itthe electromagnetic attraction to the profound impact of what color can have on a person. NEIL WILLIAMS: Iwell it connected to the images she was. Isome of them you don't even meet. NEIL WILLIAMS: Perceive an objectyou perceive your environment, youas you become an adult, you conceive how you're going to react to or embrace that object. MIJA RIEDEL: Right. Two steps up, one step back, three steps sideways. NEIL WILLIAMS: So, I do a variety of other things. Because you can literally erase or enhance a form with color. WebHis death has revived memories of another top jockey, sadly lost to racing in similar circumstances a few years ago. NEIL WILLIAMS: I always thought they had this beautiful bittersweetness to them. %%EOF 0000003077 00000 n NEIL WILLIAMS: Sing Shakespeare sonnets, and we used to go around and perform at different groups like Lions Clubs or Soroptimist, and sit through Shakespearean sonnet performances in third grade. And those thingsyou never knew what happened to them. She would do that, during the bulk of the day, and then she'd go in the house and paint and draw all night, and get right back up and do it again. So there's a certain similarity and consistency, and there's a certain comfort in that. ], MIJA RIEDEL: This is Mija Riedel with Neil Williams in the artist's home and studio in Auburn, California on June 6, 2014 for the Smithsonian Archives of American Art. But it's, again, trying to embrace that 10 percent magic. So, that's nice to have, especially from anyone. NEIL WILLIAMS: But he's one of our pride and joys, and we still think about him and talk about him a lot. And then did you go on for masters work as well? MIJA RIEDEL: That was an extraordinary collection, extraordinary. NEIL WILLIAMS: But isn't that the case with so many great artists in history? MIJA RIEDEL: So when did you graduate high school? For over 20 years, I havebeencreating award-winning integrated campaigns for some of the worlds leading brands. . NEIL WILLIAMS: so she worked fluidly if we had 10 or a dozen going in molds. And, it wasn't that way necessarily with painter and sculptors. [Affirmative.] You react to that or you embrace that object. NEIL WILLIAMS: wasn't as finished, and it seemed driven by a need and a compulsion to keepto keep working, to keep building, to keep itkeep it big andso, I don't know if that helps answer that question. NEIL WILLIAMS: I mean another couple of angels who. Suite 2200 NEIL WILLIAMS: I hope it has a certain clarity. MIJA RIEDEL: and the evolution of the bronzes. Maybe starting with the plates. NEIL WILLIAMS: county has the county exec, which administers all of theso he administers welfare, purchasing agent, law enforcement, D.A. NEIL WILLIAMS: I had three older brothers. So what it was doingshe pointed it out to meof course I was young and navewell, you'reit's a three-dimensional canvas, because if you cut that out and laid it out flat, you'd have a two-dimensional painting. It was the largest sculpture I think ever that year in Europe," or something like that. . 1:00 p.m.4:00 p.m. . But not to be too simplistic. That was very wise of her. NEIL WILLIAMS: Yeah. [. MIJA RIEDEL: It's captivating, completely engrossing. The law states that we can store cookies on your device if they are strictly necessary for the operation of this site. NEIL WILLIAMS: Sure. And I had some experience in color when it does fit form from making glaze, traditional glazes. But, there was stuff that got taken. But, I know they were very affectionate, too. NEIL WILLIAMS: That's mine. And she bought most of them and took them home with her. So. NEIL WILLIAMS: Part-time back and forth until '85 and part of '86 a little bit. And if they don't, then that's okay, too. Where I come to and I've made something, I had no idea how I made it? NEIL WILLIAMS: And it isand yeahIthat's got tothat's true. NEIL WILLIAMS: Mm-hmm. MIJA RIEDEL: When you say great European work, what do you mean? I'll remember. MIJA RIEDEL: Right. NEIL WILLIAMS: Spent some time even with Thiebaud on some workshops. And I owned a gallery in Sacramento briefly. That's really important to me. How can you ever live up to doing anything to honor all this past great art history? MIJA RIEDEL: I'm thinking about the difference between going to the studio to make your own work and, NEIL WILLIAMS: I've done a lot of work on the class, NEIL WILLIAMS: but as far as, some of them, MIJA RIEDEL: How does that affect the process? NEIL WILLIAMS: Yeah. NEIL WILLIAMS: She worked hard on them but they were alsoI know, quite fun. I had two of them with Dorothy Weiss, and a couple others in Sacramento. Andwriters, there are so many of them, there are so many good ones. And, even though there were gaps in her thought processes, like there are in all of our lives, in all of our dialogues, you could tell there was a depth of thought there. Thanks for the heads up." I've met some artists that are pretty bitter over that stuff. MIJA RIEDEL: and then did you go directly to CCAC? WebNeil Williams (19341977) was a Welsh aerobatics pilot. I mean, you get on it, and you know it's right, and it's not satisfying like Thiebaud said, but you're still pushing on it and chewing on it. NEIL WILLIAMS: And then it's lightly water-polished with a damp sponge, NEIL WILLIAMS: after it's sanded, which is the excruciating part, because you're sanding these little fine, fine tines or fine, fine feathers without breaking them. Fitting together. And one of the famous things, we would laugh, and she would get in these vapor brain locks about trying to make a point. And, her pieces were getting larger and larger and larger because, sectionally, we could handle it. It was hard work, physically, but I knew it was special. NEIL WILLIAMS: Yeah. And the exploration of the color and volume and color expansion over a soft curvilinear form. Violayou suggest and you try and have ahelp guide her. Like even when I do production work, or picturing other pieces I'd like to explore. Asa Creative Director, Head of Copy and creative, I have worked for some of London's best agencies and gained international experience developing multi-platform campaigns and leading cross-functional departments. Yeah. NEIL WILLIAMS: She was in a wheelchair at the time. And then she gave them to L.A. County and Scripps and Otis, and that's how they ended up in some of those, MIJA RIEDEL: Then you showed with her very early on in the mid-80s, early '80s, couple years. All information including race fields and TAB numbers should be checked with an official source. Depends on the instructor. Not to worry. She wasthe figures were getting bigger. I'm not egocentric enough. NEIL WILLIAMS: He did a littlemost of her reading for her, I'm certain. NEIL WILLIAMS: She has a degree from U.C. MIJA RIEDEL: There was a Spark episode that was about Viola. But, yeah, I learned a lot from that. She understood her. Looking back 50 years later, will your faith in the Savior be the most powerful force that moved you forward? Elder Andersen asked BYU students. It's like Noguchi would say, "It's an interesting phenomenon. MIJA RIEDEL: I remember reading that it was important to her that some of the characterssome of the sculptures, the figures feel slightly menacing. I mean, some of the stuff, I mean way back, in every culture. There's a directness, a quickness to it. NEIL WILLIAMS: And then pace yourself, and realize the relativity of it all. [Where Do We Come From? NEIL WILLIAMS: And those are the ones that werejust those golden experiences because they werethey completed the circle of experience for an artist. So, that's how these have evolved and stayed interesting. NEIL WILLIAMS: you know, completing sentences back and forth. She was always in it, for her, with all her heart. And I also remember something funny about the Thomas Albright. The burden lies on the student to learn." 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