Since Hilary Williams first introduction to screen printing she has been enthralled by its graphic quality, bold colors, and the way it lends itself to layers. Hilary uses collages of photography, drawing, painting, and patterning to create layers of images with meaning. Her works deal with a variety of emotions about the coexistence of our urban landscape, nature and humanity. In creating her limited edition screen prints she uses a variety of stencil creating techniques for each of the ten to twenty layers of printing creating each print. She uses photographs that are her own as well as hand painted and drawn stencils. Each of these stencils in then transferred on to a mesh screen and printed on the page to comprise one of the many color layers. Each of her prints is created on quality acid free printmaking paper with acrylic printing inks and signed and numbered by the artist.

“There is family of barn owls that nest every year in a neighbors tree. While creating this piece I would wait for the male to leave the nest at night during twilight hours to catch a glimpse of him. It’s a truly magical time for lighting as the night sets in and its creatures come out, and left me full of inspirations. This piece is a continuation of portraits of some of my favorite birds. It is so enjoyable for me to live in their wonder while I work on these pieces and afterwards too.”

26" x 20" screenprint on paper. Limited edition of 50.