Born on Treaty Six territory in Alberta, Patricia Rose Williams now lives on Salt Spring Island, the traditional, unceded territories of the Coast Salish Peoples.
She integrates traditional Metis art materials with contemporary media, creating artifacts that explore her land-based relationship to the natural world, and the complex history of her people.
Patricia's early creative influences are grounded in familial ties. Her paternal grandmother
generously provided her with art supplies from a very early age and her childhood imagination was captivated by the beautifully beaded Metis and First Nations artifacts in her grandmother's antique shop. Patricia credits her love of beauty and textiles to her mother. Her daughter and sister are contemporary Metis artists that inspire her work.
Patricia is a clinical counselor and a registered art therapist. Her formal training also includes a
Certificate in Visual Arts, and undergraduate courses in art history and studio process at the
University of Alberta. In addition to working with textiles, beading and printmaking, Patricia finds that fused glass offers a direct and satisfying connection to working with light and capturing a sense of the sacred in the natural world. Creating with ..... provides a direct to Patricia's Metis culture and identity. She is a mixed media artist with a growing interest in installation and large-scale work......
