William Reese Estate
Bronze Sculpture Prices and availability upon request
Bronze Sculpture Prices and availability upon request
William F. Reese is an internationally renowned artist. His astonishing body of work includes pastels, watercolors, sculptures, etchings and instructional books. He celebrated the Northwest with majestic landscapes, delicate still lifes, and chronicles of the lives of the men, women and creatures that inhabited the area.
Born in South Dakota and raised in Central Washington, Mr. Reese painted for over 50 years. He started drawing at age 3 or 4 and began painting in oil at 12. After high school he went to study fine art at Washington State College and then on to Art Center School of Design in Los Angeles. He worked as a sign painter and a sign pictorial artist for thirteen years, in Washington, Oregon, and then California while building a following for his easel paintings. In 1971 he left the sign business to work full time in his studio in Bellevue, Washington. He also taught privately the art of drawing and painting. He finally settled in Wenatchee, Washington.
Though prolific and proficient in several media, Mr. Reese is best known as one of America's premier plein air artists, reveling in the majesty of the Northwest and setting up his easel outdoors in all kinds of weather and in every kind of location. His work is basically the diary of his life. He produced a large body of works in oil, watercolor, pastel, and sculpture as well as drawing, lithographs, and etchings. He worked entirely from his life interest and experiences. Having relied heavily on personal observation, each piece is a personal statement from and about his life.
Reese's work has been shown throughout the United States and in many exhibitions abroad. His work was included in the first exhibition of contemporary art from the western world in mainland China since China's reopening. In the last 35 years many art magazines have published articles on Reese's work. He was the subject of an award winning book by Mary N. Balcomb entitled "William. F. Reese, American Artist" published in 1984, as well as one written by Arlene Kirkpatrick entitled "Masterworks of American Art" published in 1985.
William Reese received many national and regional awards including the Robert Lougheed Gold Medal from the National Western Heritage Museum; two silver medals from the National Parks Academy for the Arts; and the Best of Show Colonel Smith Award from the National Wildlife Art Museum. Because of his broad interests, great range of subject matter, and diversified media he is a very a difficult artist to categorize and label as to style and school. Most will probably label him as a post impressionist with a touch of expressionism.
Mr. Reese died in June, 2010. He is survived by his wife Frances.
Born in South Dakota and raised in Central Washington, Mr. Reese painted for over 50 years. He started drawing at age 3 or 4 and began painting in oil at 12. After high school he went to study fine art at Washington State College and then on to Art Center School of Design in Los Angeles. He worked as a sign painter and a sign pictorial artist for thirteen years, in Washington, Oregon, and then California while building a following for his easel paintings. In 1971 he left the sign business to work full time in his studio in Bellevue, Washington. He also taught privately the art of drawing and painting. He finally settled in Wenatchee, Washington.
Though prolific and proficient in several media, Mr. Reese is best known as one of America's premier plein air artists, reveling in the majesty of the Northwest and setting up his easel outdoors in all kinds of weather and in every kind of location. His work is basically the diary of his life. He produced a large body of works in oil, watercolor, pastel, and sculpture as well as drawing, lithographs, and etchings. He worked entirely from his life interest and experiences. Having relied heavily on personal observation, each piece is a personal statement from and about his life.
Reese's work has been shown throughout the United States and in many exhibitions abroad. His work was included in the first exhibition of contemporary art from the western world in mainland China since China's reopening. In the last 35 years many art magazines have published articles on Reese's work. He was the subject of an award winning book by Mary N. Balcomb entitled "William. F. Reese, American Artist" published in 1984, as well as one written by Arlene Kirkpatrick entitled "Masterworks of American Art" published in 1985.
William Reese received many national and regional awards including the Robert Lougheed Gold Medal from the National Western Heritage Museum; two silver medals from the National Parks Academy for the Arts; and the Best of Show Colonel Smith Award from the National Wildlife Art Museum. Because of his broad interests, great range of subject matter, and diversified media he is a very a difficult artist to categorize and label as to style and school. Most will probably label him as a post impressionist with a touch of expressionism.
Mr. Reese died in June, 2010. He is survived by his wife Frances.
William Ware Estate
Bronze Sculpture Prices and availability upon request
Bronze Sculpture Prices and availability upon request
Bill Ware was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. He attended Baylor University Pre-Med program. However, his first love was art, so he began a career doing illustrations for Physiology and Biology.
Ware's commercial art experience began in 1964. He was hired as Art Director for "Orange County Illustrated" magazine in Newport Beach, California. Later a job illustrating for a textbook publishing company took him to Parma de Mallorca, Spain, where he met and was inspired by the works of Juan Miro.
After moving to New York City, Bill became an illustrator and cover artist for the Saturday Evening Post magazine. When he moved back to Indiana, he found success and recognition painting a mural for the Indiana Convention Center. This led to a number of corporate and public commissions. His work was selected as part of a touring exhibition, Corporate Art in America.
Mr. Ware's passion for painting and sculpture put his stamp on the Coachella Valley (Palm Springs area) landscape. Today his work can be found all over the valley in private homes and gardens as well as public spaces. His work is in numerous public and private collections throughout the United States including the Seven Bridges Foundation in Greenwich, Connecticut, and the Nascar Museum in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Bill died in Palm Desert, California, of a brain aneurysm in 2008. He is survived by his wife Pamela.
Ware's commercial art experience began in 1964. He was hired as Art Director for "Orange County Illustrated" magazine in Newport Beach, California. Later a job illustrating for a textbook publishing company took him to Parma de Mallorca, Spain, where he met and was inspired by the works of Juan Miro.
After moving to New York City, Bill became an illustrator and cover artist for the Saturday Evening Post magazine. When he moved back to Indiana, he found success and recognition painting a mural for the Indiana Convention Center. This led to a number of corporate and public commissions. His work was selected as part of a touring exhibition, Corporate Art in America.
Mr. Ware's passion for painting and sculpture put his stamp on the Coachella Valley (Palm Springs area) landscape. Today his work can be found all over the valley in private homes and gardens as well as public spaces. His work is in numerous public and private collections throughout the United States including the Seven Bridges Foundation in Greenwich, Connecticut, and the Nascar Museum in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Bill died in Palm Desert, California, of a brain aneurysm in 2008. He is survived by his wife Pamela.