Janay Williams

Artist Statement

I have always had a love for creative expression through many forms of art (dance, drawing and painting, yoga, writing, which led to a development of interests in the movement of words, thoughts, ideas, feelings, and energy through my mind, body, and spirit. In my art, I depict my emotional and natural connection to the world inside and outside of me –those internal journeys, as well as those bonds of all our shared experiences. I seek wellness and community amongst my people, and I hope that the joys of life that seep onto the pages set ablaze beautiful mosaics, diverse flavors of nature, and the tastes rooted in the layers of diasporic waves–all of which live in and through us.