Untitled (Face On Blue Background) by Clifford Williams

Clifford Williams has been working at the ECF Art Centers’ Westside studio since 2011. Inspired by video games, and horror films “Cliff” has been an ECF Artist for many years. Cliff re-mixes pop cultural references in his work which spans many mediums, from ceramics to painting to digital art.“Painting was challenging but I got the hang of it, because I don’t like to make a mess so I had to do it very carefully.”

Interview with Clifford Williams:

Art Instructor: What inspires you to create? and Why?

Cliff: Five Nights of Freddy’s drawings, it’s a horror game that you have survive the night and a chuck e cheese like pizzeria. Because I love Five Nights of Freddy’s because I love to play the game.

Art Instructor: How long have you been motivated to create? At what age did you start making/drawing?

Cliff: Since high school, so about 9 or 10 years, around a decade. I used to draw Sonic, until when I was, well mostly Sonic until I was about 18 or 19 years old. At first I didn’t draw because I had to do homework.

Art Instructor: How and why did that continue?

Cliff: Sometimes I draw with a drawing pad and a pencil, but it’s a little bit hard to draw while laying down on the bed.

Art Instructor: What is your preferred medium of choice?

Cliff: Ceramics because I had fun with J C because when I do other art projects, I kinda miss JC so much because we’re like homies.

Art Instructor: Tell us about any other art medium that you utilize to create your work.

Cliff: Painting was challenging but I got the hang of it, because I don’t like to make a mess so I had to do it very carefully. Digital art also, just copy and paste some of the pictures and characters and then make it wallpaper. At first it was challenging but it’s really hard, but I’ll get the hang of it, when I do my chrome book, with the art apps.