www.CaseyWilliamsART@gmail.com
I find inspiration from the things around me every day, everywhere. Color, texture, and pattern combinations found on a rusted door, a plate of food, a friend's earring, a scene from a film, a feeling or style of someone’s home, dreams, remembering dishes, clothing, or pillows from a relative’s house party from 1979, or a towel in my grandma’s bathroom, etc...all spark ideas, and mix together in my head to produce an ongoing collection of works that are meant to spark joy in small spaces; Similar to when you find that perfect little *thing at a flea market, and know exactly where it will go when you get it home, because it’s got “your colors”, or will look perfect next to your kitchen dishes, or record collection.
My town maps are an ongoing project. I Hope to add Berkshires and Cape Cod towns in 2021.
Here is an “off the top of the head” list of Casey’s major inspirations and likes/loves:
**Alejandro Jodorowsky
**ADAM ANT
**Isabella Blow
*I watch Alexander McQueen's runway show "Plato's Atlantis" on youtube on a regular basis....because it blows my mind that someone could create clothes like that.
*The 15 minutes in the film “The Black Stallion” - where the boy is gaining the horse’s trust. That beach, those rocks, the black horse, the sun, the music, the relationship between Alec and Black (the boy and the horse)...the little horse figurine.
Turquoise, black, and sand colors.....
*The film - “Travolti da un insolito destino nell'azzurro mare d'agosto” - “Swept Away” - the original directed by Lina Wertmuller
*Eric Carle’s “The Very Hungry Caterpillar”
*Ferry Beach - Unitarian Camp Saco, Maine
*Lake Monomonac - Rindge New Hampshire
*Scandanavia
*Vivienne Westwood
*bowls of Quartz nuggets
*Picasso
*Succulents
*Wood and metal combinations
*Burlap
*Zodiac symbolism
*Small cabins, big barns
*Mid century pottery, furniture, and wall decor...and parties
The golden era of Hip Hop / collecting songs
*Phthalo Blue, Cobalt green, Titan Buff, and Pyrrole Red Medium
*The song “O Telefone Tocou Novamente” - by Jorge Ben
*North Quabbin explorations - afternoon drives through the beautiful old towns
*Margaret Kilgallen’s work
*The dance scene from the film “Sweet Charity” - “The Aloof, The Heavyweight, The Big Finish”
*MIRO
*Sesame Street, The Electric Company, 321 Contact
*The never ending possibilities of the textile motif
Places I'd love to live: Chelsea NY in the 60s/70s, Laurel Canyon CA in the 60's/70s, London in the mid 70s/mid 80s or now, , Paris 1800s (if I had money), Mykonos, Lampedusa, Bilbao maybe....Europe Europe Europe.....then maybe, Seattle, or somewhere in Oaxaca so I could eat all the mole'.
Assorted works of Casey’s can be found in the following locations:
http://ETSY.com/shop/caseyWilliamsArt
LOOT found + made
62 Avenue A
Turners Falls, MA 01376
413-863-9500
Hope & Feathers Print & Framing
319 Main Street
Amherst, MA 01002
http://hopeandfeathersprinting.com
The Vintage Cellar East
Park On, 122 Pleasant St
Easthampton, MA 01027
MILLSTONE MARKET
24 S. Main Street
Sunderland MA 01375
413-665-0543
The Petersham Arts Center
8 N. Main Street
Petersham, MA 01366
978-724-3415
The Petersham Country Store
2 N Main Street
Petersham MA 01366
978-724-0000
Trail Head, Inc.
1 S Main Street
Orange MA 01364
978-249-8500
Quabbin Harvest (North Quabbin
Community Co-op)
12 N Main Street
Orange MA 01364
978-544-6794
ASSEMBLE made + curated
by JUSTIN BROWN
Thornes Market Place
150 Main Street
Northampton MA 01060
413-570-4932
http://www.assemblenorthampton.com
Haley’s Antiques
488 S Main Street
Athol MA 01331
978-249-9400
On Centre
676 Centre Street
Jamaica Plain MA 02130
617-522-2255
http://www.oncentrejp.com
Birch Street House and Garden
760 South Street
Roslindale MA 02131
617-323-3269
http://www.birchsthouseandgarden.com
Red Apple Farm
455 Highland Ave
Phillipston MA 01331
978-249-6763
http://www.redapplefarm.com
New Salem General Store
410 Daniel Shays Hwy
New Salem MA 01355
978-544-8177