Glynn Williams was born in Shrewsbury in 1939. He studied at Wolverhampton College of Art (1955-61). Williams was awarded an Honorary Fellowship at Wolverhampton Polytechnic (University) and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Art and of the Royal Society of British Sculptors. Unusually Glynn Williams began his career as an artist making abstract figures, which he then developed into a more figurative style. In opposition to the normal development from figuration to abstraction Glynn's sculptures possess a unique abstractly figurative style, rather than a figuratively abstract one. His sculptures are representational but weighted in abstraction providing them with a surrealistic and dislocated understanding of human form. “This was the first time I have used a precious metal and my piece “Throw Away” was a response away from the valuable towards the incidental and valueless, - a piece of screwed up paper, a cast off, something thrown away. On its own like that it could have referred to other art but in an artificial and affected way. I had to do something more to claim it back. Instead of leaving it as a bald statement, out in the cold I brought it back into the spotlight with shadows suggested below it and painted onto it with the patina. The project was an interesting one but in truth the quality of silver takes the objects away from the earthy traditions of sculptural materials where my work is really situated and starts to feel like the Fin de Siecle salon of 1900. Forgive me but I must say that I prefer Bronze with its versatility and range.” Glynn Williams