Barry Williamson
I was born in Belfast, Ireland, in 1943 and became fascinated with painting at an early age. Early on the family moved to Derry / Londonderry and through a friendship with one of the American servicemen who were stationed there I became interested in still life painting, particularly early American still life painting and trompe loeil ( to deceive the eye) paintings. My early influences were Dutch painting, Rembrant and Franz Hals then later the work of Jean Chardin and the work of Henri Fantin Latour. In recent years I have studied with current American realists like...more