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INTRODUCTION
These pages contain photos of original fine art produced by Bill Mahan. Please use the site map to the left as a hyperlinked TABLE OF CONTENTS. Click on any page that interests you then scroll down to view the work. Available work appears on pages 2-6. Work on page 7 has been sold and is included only for your viewing pleasure.
The artist retains all rights associated with creative property. None of the works represented on this site may be copied without the express written permission of the artist. Inquiries and comments are welcome on the guestbook page or via e-mail at wmahan@rcn.com.
ARTIST"S STATEMENT
I became fascinated with art around age three. That's when my grandmother showed me how to make magic come out of a pencil. She drew a few circles and squares and suddenly there were trains, houses and automobiles on the paper. I won my first art contest at the age of twelve. It was a Father’s Day promotion by Sears and Roebuck and the prize was a power drill for Dad. Art seemed like too much fun to pursue for a living and so I
have been painting recreationally for about thirty five years while I kept the day job.
Except for my grandmother's lessons, I am pretty much self taught.
I am primarily a realistic painter, though I do occassionally have fun with the other genres. I usually work from photographs I take myself, but have recently developed an interest in the look and style of the early 1900s. I refer to old family photos for those pieces. My work is almost exclusively acrylics on canvas.
Over 40 of my paintings have been juried into shows, and I have won contests sponsored by the Blue Man Group and the AARP (see November on their 2009 calendar). I paint to please myself but certainly hope to have pleased you too. I can be reached by e-mail at wmahan@rcn.com or through the guestbook on this website.
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