Bill Bailey Artist
When he was in the united states air force in the 1960s he learned portrait and traditional realism painting while mixing with the street painters of montmartre place de la pigalle and saint michelle in paris france.
Bill bailey artist. His subject matter is impressionistic landscapes and seascapes as well as the more prevelent fruit and vegetable still lifes for which he is well known. William bailey whose pristine idealized still lifes and female nudes made him one of the leading figures in the return of figurative art in the 1980s died on april 13 at his home in branford. William bill bailey artist poet and former banker was born in charlotte north carolina. During his teens he sold sketches and caricatures at art fairs and carnivals around buffalo new york.
Bill baily lives with his wife donna in lake oswego oregon. He passed away on april 13 at his home in branford connecticut due to complications from an existing illness. He grew up in buffalo new york where he studied basic drawing and composition. He grew up in buffalo new york where he studied basic drawing and composition.
Bill is now retired and except for an occasional fill in at the pharmacy he spends his time painting. When he was in the united states air force in the 1960s he learned portrait and traditional realism painting while mixing with the street painters of montmartre place de la pigalle and saint michelle in paris france. Although he was a professional pharmacist he has also been an artist for over forty six years.