He has also designed the Dragonfly Maze for Bourton-on-the-Water in the Cotswolds.

Other clocks designed by Williams can be found in Telford Shopping Centre and in the Midsummer Place section of Central Milton Keynes Shopping Centre. In 1985 Kit Williams designed the 'Wishing Fish Clock', a centrepiece of the Regent Arcade shopping centre in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom. As well as his best-known book 'Masquerade', Williams wrote 'The Bee on the Comb', a puzzle book with a bee theme. For years, Kit Williams had his incredibly detailed works displayed at the Portal Gallery in London, but no longer regularly displays there. Williams uses many layers of opaque and transparent Dutch oil paint to create the highly luminous images. In painting he uses traditional oil-painting techniques, fashioning first a wooden panel covered in linen and oil jesso. He has worked as a figurative painter for the last 45 years at his studio in Gloucestershire and along the way has published four books, including 'Masquerade'. Kit Williams spent time in the Royal Navy and worked with electronics during his younger years, but eventually found his calling of painting.

Kit Williams was born on Apin Kent, United Kingdom. Kit Williams is a British artist, illustrator and author, best known for his 1979 book 'Masquerade'. Williams continues to paint figurative art at his studio in Gloucestershire, United Kingdom.

Williams uses many layers of opaque and transparent Dutch oil paint to create the highly luminous images.įor years, Kit Williams had his incredibly detailed works displayed at the Portal Gallery in London, but no longer regularly displays there.Īs well as his best-known book 'Masquerade', Williams wrote 'The Bee on the Comb', a puzzle book with a bee theme.

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