Portrait Artist:

You deserve more than just a memory… I have drawn and painted hundreds of portraits. I understand your concerns about having a once-in-a-lifetime portrait painted to preserve and capture cherished reminiscences. My specialties are detailed watercolors, oils, drawings, mixed media and acrylics. Until recently I also created painted works in ground glass medium for stained glass.

I bring a lifetime commitment to fine art and I am dedicated to work with you to create a lasting treasure to beautifully preserve your memories in portraiture for generations to come.

Any setting or location, together we will create and complete a portrait to capture the moment … be it formal, casual, an interior setting or outdoors… of your child, a family, a corporate portrait, wedding, beloved pet, home… or your favorite landscape.

My gallery page is divided into several sections from portraits, primarily in my preferred medium watercolor, to graphite portraits and other subjects. Included is a brief history on the several thousand year history of watercolor, the oldest painting medium.

~ Bill Biggers

A Brief History of Watercolors

The oldest painting medium… Chemically watercolors are pigments made from ground minerals and dyed inert powder, held together generally with gum arabic made from the acacia tree. Watercolors capture luminosity and offer a range equal to and often exceeding that of other mediums.  [MORE]

Excerpts from book by Bill Biggers:  John C. Campbell Folk School, The Brasstown Carvers (1990).  At link page, see menu on the left for Brasstown Carvers, each carver featured with text from the book - Click:   http://craftrevival.wcu.edu/people/index.html

Works Housed in Permanent Collections:

David and Natalia Warburg
Charles and Barbara Findeisen
Shelley Summer
Ken and Miriam Nell
Katherine Palmer
Maxwell J. Gorski
Mrs Zelda Rosti
Georgia State University Library
(Johnny Mercer Collection)
St. Patrick's, Memphis
Pollitt Family
Riley Family
Symonett Family
Ed and Susan Cook
Kevin A. Munro
Lee Robertson
John Carter Rodgers
James Morris
Vilma Olsvary Ginzberg
Joe Cecil
Pocket Sanctuary, Kenyon Ranch, Tubac AZ
City of Tucson Parks, Clements Center
John C. Campbell Folk School (Raku)
Jon and Josephine Baumgarten
Sydney and John Wickersham
Patricia Vloeberghs Cozine
Leandra and Tom Hill
Michele Bedigian
Ray and Sissie Giddens
Windy Airey

Bennett Stained Glass, Memphis
John Charmichael
Maria Bolan
Dawn McGuire
Korean Evangelical Church of
Long Island
Mad Boar Restaurant Francois and Sylvie Cognet

Listed in Agora Gallery Directory

Recent Awards

2nd Place ! Artisphere Arts Festival

Societies and Arts Organizations:

Portrait Society of America
American Watercolor Society
IGGA, International Guild of Glass Artists
MAC, Metropolitan Arts Council
SGAA, Stained Glass Association of America
AGG, American Glass Guild
UVA, Upstate Visual Arts, SC
Former Member CASE, Council for Advancement and Support of Education
Fromer Member IDSA, Industrial Designers Society of America

William Biggers, Portrait Artist

6B Christopher Street
Greenville, SC 29617
Phone: 864.232.9629

William@PortraitsByBiggers.com

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