Annie Williams was born in London and grew up in Wales. She worked as a nurse before studying at City and Guilds Art School.
Annie works in watercolour and as a printmaker in London and Stroud.
Elected a member of the Royal Watercolour Society in 2003, to the Royal Society of Printmakers in 2005, and the RBA in 2011.
My compositions are of day-to-day objects, manipulating shapes, patterns and colour, built up in layers, trying to explore new ways of seeing what is in front of me. Backgrounds are often based on textiles, pages from magazines, and purpose-made images. The grouping of the objects is absolutely central to the success of my work, as is the influence of light and shadows.
R.A. Summer Exhibitions
Singer and Friedlander Watercolour Exhibitions
The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries
RE / RWS Exhibitions, Bankside Gallery
2011 2026 RBA Exhibitions
2004 – 2010 Originals, Mall Galleries
Gorstella Gallery, Chester
2021 The RBA Whistler Award
2017 Sunday Times Watercolour Competition Prizewinner
2011, 2014, 2017 RBA Edward Wesson Award for Watercolour
2010 Aberystwyth University, School of Art, Purchase Prize
2009 RWS Turner Watercolour Award
2004 Artist Magazine Award at RBA exhibition, Mall Galleries 2004
2001 Purcell Paper Award at Originals 2006 RWS Baker Tilly Award
1998 RWS Abbot and Holder travel award
1984 RWS Chris Beetles Prize for £1000