Margaret Bowles Williamson

"Varied Visions" features the work of five area photographers, M. L. Bolton, David Hansen, Johnny Shipman, Margaret Bowles Williamson and Mike Williamson, who come from diverse backgrounds but who share a common ground in their passion for the photographic arts.
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A resident of Salado, Margaret Bowles Williamson grew up in Belton.During her adult years, she and her husband, Mike Williamson, lived in Houston where she was an educator and realtor.For her enjoyment of the arts, she became an accomplished artist of china painting and needlepoint and helped teach senior citizens needlepoint and design for 15 years.Upon retirement, she and Mike returned to Bell County.She was then able to resume her long-standing love of photography and in 2002 embarked on the study of the classic black and white photograph.She likes to capture the essence of a beautiful scene, the subtleties of light on an object and the inner character of a person.Margaret also photographs historical places and images that reveal her heritage.

Some of her newest images incorporate old and new family photographs with an article that once belonged to the person in the photograph.

"My interest in photography is to look at my surrounding environment and possibly catch a moment or a hidden composition one would not easily see, to explore the beauty of a simple leaf, a white flower or the lines and form of a rock," she said.

The Advisory Committee consisted of:Arlene Paups, Southern Methodist University; Carol Kelley, Texas Tech University; Mary Pound, University of Texas at Austin; Margaret Williamson, University of Houston; and Sharon Smith, Texas A & M University;

Margaret Bowles Williamson

A resident of Salado, Texas, Margaret grew up in Belton, Texas located about seven miles north of Salado.She received a Bachelor of Science degree in Education from the University of Houston.She has spent most of her adult years in Houston as an educator and Realtor.For her enjoyment of the arts, she became an accomplished artist of china painting and needlepoint and helped teach senior citizens needlepoint and design for 15 years as a member of the Houston Jr. Forum.

In 1998 she retired to Salado.Resuming a long-standing love of photography, she soon embarked upon studying the art of black and white photography.
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With David as a mentor, Margaret has developed an appreciation of the classic and traditional black and white photograph and the "art of seeing".
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Margaret is a board member of the Bell County Historical Commission, the Bell County Historical Museum and the Public Arts League of Salado.She is a past board member of the Institute of Humanities and the Salado Historical Society.In Houston, she was an advisory board member of the Women's Fund.

Being a member of several historical organizations, she has photographed several historical sites in Bell County and she was commissioned by the Public Arts League of Salado to photograph distinctive public art in Salado.

Margaret's photographic images capture her vision of the beauty of simple flowers, objects and the essence of special places.Her cameras of choice are a medium format Hasselblad 501 CM and a 35 mm Nikon N80.

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Margaret Bowles Williamson was commissioned to photograph twelve distinctive public art sites and her work, showcased throughout this web site, brings form to the uniqueness and history of the village of Salado, Texas.
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About Margaret Bowles Williamson

A resident of Salado, Margaret Bowles Williamson grew up in nearby Belton, Texas.Margaret received a Bachelor of Science degree in Education from the University of Houston where she was an educator in Spring Branch and Houston before returning to Bell County in 1996.Active in community service, she is a member of the Bell County Museum, the Bell County Historical Commission, The Salado Historical Society, the Salado Methodist Church and serves on the Board of Directors of the Salado Public Arts League.Since returning to Salado, Margaret has resumed a long-standing love of photography, studying with David Hansen, professor of photography at Temple College.
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Margaret develops and prints black and white silver gelatin photographs. www.margaretbwilliamson.com

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