May 22, 2011, Winchester Patch
For John Williams, creativity and art is one of the most crucial aspects of his life.
The Winchester native and burgeoning artist, is a graduate of Winchester High School and UMASS Lowell, where he earned a BFA in Fine Art.
Along the way, Williams has had to overcome Asperger's Syndrome, which is a form of autism. Read full article.
March 2, 2011, The Salem News
November 16, 2010, WINCHESTER, Mass. – John M. Williams, a Winchester artist who specializes in fine art collage, has sold a collage entitled John Brown, The Gathering Storm to a major collector of folk and outsider art. Read full press release.
Summer, 2010 - Folk Art Messenger
I have been collecting modern folk art for ten years, and it is rare that I see something that stops me in my tracks and activates that obsessive desire I felt when I first started collecting. I felt that renewed sensation when I was first introduced to the collages of John Williams a few months ago. Read More
June 15, 2010, Elko Daily Press
ELKO — In real life John Williams has a difficult time looking people directly in the eye. In the portraits he creates, though, the eyes are the main focus of the work, usually looking directly at the viewer.
The artwork, he said, is “a direct outgrowth” of his disability. He has Asperger’s Syndrome, a form of autism, he explained on his Web site. Williams, whose grandmother Berna Johnson lives in Elko, is featured in a new book “Drawing Autism.” Read full article.
May 5, 2010, WINCHESTER, Mass. -- John M. Williams, a Winchester artist who specializes in fine art collage, has been featured in a new book about artists with autism entitled Drawing Autism. The new book celebrates the artistry and self-expression found in the drawings, paintings and collages created by individuals diagnosed with autism. Read full press release.
May 23, 2010, Boston Globe
DRAWING AUTISM: John M. Williams, a Winchester artist who specializes in fine art collage, is featured in a new book about artists with autism.
“Drawing Autism’’ celebrates the artistry and self-expression found in drawings, paintings, and collages created by people with autism. It was written by behavior analyst and educator Jim Mullin, with an introduction by Temple Grandin, a well-known author and speaker with autism. Read full article.
May 21, 2010, Winchester Star
November 27, 2008 - Boston Globe
