Lance Williams is an artist with a seasoned vision for humanity
and the abstract. From the time he could hold a writing tool, Lance
was creating. In the beginning, it was crayons, like most children.
Adolescence brought pencils, pens, and markers, where he may or
may not have colored outside the lines. As a child, Lance longed to be
an animator or an illustrator, creating comics or cartoons. These
youthful artistic endeavors would give way to a more formal approach
to art. Throughout his high school years, Lance developed a passion
for painting and became obsessed with his Pentax K1000 35 mm film
camera.
In the summer of 1997, Lance attended an intensive program for
gifted students in the arts (SGSA) at Brevard College. He received a
full scholarship from Transylvania County to participate in the program
and would enroll in the fine art department at BC in the fall of 1997.
Lance was awarded a full scholarship by the art department in his first
year of undergrad. He received his Bachelor’s of Art in 2001 with a
double emphasis in painting and photography.
After graduation, Lance relocated to Greenville, SC, where he
spent time working as an assistant director of an art gallery before
taking a job with a local photographer. In 2006 he started his own
photography business, Freelance Imagery. During the spring of 2016,
Lance enrolled as a part-time graduate student at the Academy of Art
University, where he pursued his Master’s of Fine Arts degree in
painting and drawing. Lance intends to become a working artist and
educator of future mark-makers upon finishing his MFA in 2022.
