Don Williams · Sonoma, California · Painting since 1958
Steel, Fog
& Night
For more than six decades, Don Williams has transformed locomotives, nocturnal roads, quiet interiors, and California light into images of memory and psychological presence.
Original works sold directly from the studio. Inquiries answered personally by the artist.
- Pastel Journal Best of Show
- 28 documented solo exhibitions
- de Young Museum and San José Museum of Art exhibition history
- Pollock-Krasner Foundation grantee
Night Scenes
Night Scenes
Nocturnes and after-dark pieces — roads, crossings and street corners held in low light.
10 works
Interiors
Interiors — Rooms & Hallways
Quiet rooms, schoolrooms and corridors, mostly empty and held in still daylight.
6 works
Still Lifes & Objects
Still Lifes, Objects & Boxes
Arranged objects, box constructions and single subjects — kettles, pumps, vessels and stacked forms.
8 works
Landscapes & Weather
Landscapes, Alleys & Weather
Alleyways, countryside, coastal fog and storm light, from Sonoma and the wider California landscape.
23 works
Trains
Trains
The signature subject: locomotives and freight rendered as atmosphere, scale and place.
4 works
Most Recent
Most Recent — Orange & Gold
The newest body of work: gold-ground compositions in burnt orange and ochre, where the light sits in the surface itself.
7 works
Enquiries
Additional works may be available privately. If you are looking for a particular subject, size or period, ask — the studio will tell you what is on hand.
About Don
Six decades of American realism
Don Williams was born in Baton Rouge in 1941. After graduate study at Tulane University and teaching at the University of Southwestern Louisiana, he moved to San Francisco in 1969 and entered the city's gallery and museum community. He is based in Sonoma.
His work has been shown in 28 documented solo exhibitions, with museum exhibition history including the M. H. de Young Museum and the San José Museum of Art. He is a Pastel Journal Best of Show recipient and a Pollock-Krasner Foundation grantee.
Private Viewing
See the work in person
Private studio viewings in Sonoma are available by appointment. Come and see the paintings on the wall, in daylight, at the scale they were made — no gallery, no commission, no pressure.
- Every inquiry answered personally by Don
- Insured shipping and local delivery or pickup
- Institutional and corporate placement welcome