About the Artist

“Every piece I create begins with a story — sometimes mine, sometimes yours. My art is an invitation to pause, reflect, feel, and connect with something deeper and greater than ourselves. I work in charcoal, graphite, acrylic paint, mixed media, and photography, translating moments of resilience, hope, and beauty onto canvas, paper, and beyond.”

Lakeshia Williams, known professionally as L. Renee Williams, is a visual artist whose creative journey began in childhood with pencil, paper, and crayons. After pausing for many years to build a career in medicine, she returned to art in 2022 with renewed purpose. Her practice spans custom portrait drawings in charcoal and graphite as well as large-scale abstract mixed media paintings that explore themes of transformation, healing, resilience, and spiritual connection.

Born and raised in Kentucky and based in the U.S., Williams also works as a travel medical provider, a role that deeply informs her art. Her proximity to both the fragility and strength of the human spirit in the surgical setting influences her approach, translating lived experiences into visual language rooted in reflection, storytelling, and emotional depth.

Williams’s artwork has received international recognition through exhibitions, publications, and awards. In 2025, she was selected for the Women in Art Biennale in London, featured in Arts to Hearts Magazine – Issue 10, and included in the International Artist Award Book, distributed globally. Her growing list of honors underscores her emerging presence on the international art stage.

Through both her portraits and expressive abstracts, Williams blends realism with symbolism, gesture, and texture. Her work invites viewers to pause, reflect, and connect with narratives of becoming, resilience, and light.