Seascape with Boat Mornington 1968

  

gouache 48.0 x 76.0 cm

    
      This work appears an interesting divergence for Williams at the time. Firstly, the subject is a seascape rather than a landscape, and secondly, it is light and airy, featuring a violet and blue palette in contrast to the sombre earth colours of a typical Williams landscape. Yet it is not merely a playful respite from the intense large-format landscapes which were consuming much of the artist's studio time - it also pre-signals the lighter, almost impressionist approach to painting Williams was to take in the 1970s. This is a prime example of Williams working en plein air.    
             

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