During his 32-year career, Columbia, S.C., artist Mike Williams (b.1963) has created upwards of 5,000 paintings, drawings and sculptures. Often working in series, Williams’s focus typically has been on fish, fishing and fish habitats, including swamps – all a reflection of his upbringing in rural Sumter County, S.C. He has engaged his subject matter through highly energetic, daring paintings steeped in the traditions of modern expressionism and abstraction.