Acrylic
Bill Burrows has been creating art ever since he was boy growing up in Illinois. But it has only been since retiring in 2015 that he has begun to draw and paint with some regularity. Moving to Fernley in 2018 and getting involved in the Reno art community has further motivated Bill to get serious about earning the right to call himself a working artist. Bill finds spending time with so many amazing Latimer artists has been a wonderful opportunity to learn, filling the void created by not having any formal training himself.
Bill’s focus has always been on wildlife, motivate by two major events. The first event was his family moving to Alaska in 1963 where it was not uncommon to see a moose in your front yard. The second event was his older brother Bob subscribing to Outdoor Life magazine in which Bill discovered the amazing illustrations of renowned wildlife artist Bob Kuhn. After a lifetime of trying to paint like Kuhn, Bill is finally making progress at developing his own style of “impressionistic realism”. He is also endeavoring to widen his horizons –literally–focusing as much on the landscapes in which his animal subjects live as the animals themselves. He also wants to spend more time painting people, for which he only recently discovered he has some talent.
Serving as President of the Latimer Art Club has been one of the great honors of Bill’s life. He looks forward to continuing to serve in that role for as long as his fellow “Latimers” will have him.
Bill has been married to Susan for forty-seven years. They have three children and six grandchildren. His son Will, who lives in Reno, is also an artist.