Bill Drysdale

Bill holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree from the Art Department at California State University, Long Beach. He received a solid foundation in art, design and illustration under such artists as Dick Oden and Ernie Kolar.

Upon completion of his studies, Bill pursued freelance art, while working as a set designer for a major furniture company. He illustrated Alpha Romeos for a publication in Baltimore, Maryland and designed decorative three-dimensional silk-screened clocks. He painted backgrounds for film producer Jack Williamson and learned animation under the direction of ex-Disney an...

Bill holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree from the Art Department at California State University, Long Beach. He received a solid foundation in art, design and illustration under such artists as Dick Oden and Ernie Kolar.

Upon completion of his studies, Bill pursued freelance art, while working as a set designer for a major furniture company. He illustrated Alpha Romeos for a publication in Baltimore, Maryland and designed decorative three-dimensional silk-screened clocks. He painted backgrounds for film producer Jack Williamson and learned animation under the direction of ex-Disney animator George Geopper, who was well known as one of Pluto’s animators. Bill later became a fulltime freelance artist specializing in architectural illustration and has rendered countless homes and commercial buildings, including the residence of author Dean Koontz.

Bill began fine art watercolor painting in 1992 and has exhibited in Laguna Beach’s Festival of Arts, as well as numerous galleries. He now paints with oils, allowing him to work with quick, loose strokes that show the brushwork, a technique that adds to the freshness of the subject. Art has been a lasting pursuit for Bill. He will always be challenged to take a blank sheet of paper or canvas and combine the elements of light, composition and color to form a new creation.