Felice Willat is an award-winning travel photographer and publisher, whose images from Burma, Morocco, and Argentina, among other locales, capture the beauty of the human landscape across cultures. Felice’s photographs have been exhibited at the TAG Gallery (Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA), the Brand Library (Glendale, CA), and numerous other venues in southern California. Her work is also regularly exhibited at the Topanga Canyon Gallery (Topanga, CA) and Very Venice Art & Design (Venice, CA). In 2010, Felice won First Prize (Travel) and an Honorable Mention in the Southern California Council of Camera Clubs’ annual juried exhibition. And, in 2008, she was one of four winners of the SLH International Photo Contest. Felice has published one book of her photos from Burma, entitled The Quiet Between, Song of Burma (2009).

Before turning to photography full-time, Felice Willat co-founded Day Runner, Inc., producers of the popular Day Runner personal organizer, which became the time management choice of millions for getting things done. After thirty years of juggling the rapid growth of a successful corporation, a family of five, and a budding new business, Felice needed to find creative expression. The camera provided a sense of time expansion and stillness. She says, “I could capture a moment, something sacred or commonplace, an unconscious gesture, a tattered clothesline, a red plastic pitcher, or a worn prayer book. I left the familiar, traveled to far-away places, and found the gift of really being present.”

Selected Exhibitions

2012
“Artist of the Month,” Ribbit Tree and Plant, Topanga, CA
“Red,” Pasadena Women’s City Club, Pasadena, CA
Topanga Canyon Gallery, Topanga, CA
Very Venice Art & Design, Venice, CA

2011
“Winter’s Light,” Pasadena Women’s City Club, Pasadena, CA
Topanga Canyon Gallery, Topanga, CA
Very Venice Art & Design, Venice, CA

2010
“Works on Paper,” Brand Library Art Galleries, Glendale, CA
“California Open Exhibition,” TAG Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
“Zest for Art,” Gallery Rheeway, Los Angeles, CA
“Artistic Voyage,” Messiah Lutheran Church, Yorba Linda, CA
Topanga Canyon Gallery, Topanga, CA

2009
“Ministry of Art and Beauty,” Agape International Spiritual Center, Culver City, CA
“Man’s Inhumanity to Man,” Brand Library Art Galleries, Glendale, CA
Topanga Canyon Gallery, Topanga, CA

2008
“Contemporary Arts Show,” Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, CA
“One Ray of Harmony,” Electric Lodge, Venice, CA
Topanga Canyon Gallery, Topanga, CA

Awards and Honors

Merit Award, Profotio, 2011

First Prize—Travel, Southern California Council of Camera Clubs, Photographic Society of America, 2010

Honorable Mention, “Reaching Inside,” Lark Gallery, 2010

Honorable Mention—Travel, Southern California Council of Camera Clubs, Photographic Society of America, 2009

First Prize, SLH International Photo Contest, London, 2009

Bibliography

“A portrait of Felice Willat,” Art-to-Art Palette Journal, March 2011

Felice Willat, The Quiet Between: Song of Burma, with poetry by Lark. Topanga, CA: Felice Willat Photography.

Tewfic El-Sawy, “Felice Willat: Gnawa Photo-Expedition,” The Travel Photographer, July 13, 2009

Tewfic El-Sawy, “Felice Willat: The Spirit of Burma,” The Travel Photographer, April 23, 2009

Tewfic El-Sawy, “Felice Willat: Burma,” The Travel Photographer, January 14, 2008

Tewfic El-Sawy, “One Shot: Felice Willat,” The Travel Photographer, May 25, 2007

Professional Organizations

Photographic Society of America
Topanga Canyon Gallery
Very Venice Art & Design Community