Biography

William Matthews was born in 1949 in New York City. He grew up in the Bay area. His professional career began in Los Angeles as a graphic artist designing album covers for Warner Bros., and Capitol Records. A listing of commissioned artwork for Album Covers and Compact Discs are listed below.

The 2007 published monograph, William Matthews : Working the West, showcases the artist's work devoted to the working cowboys of the American west. Forbes, FYI, magazine hailed him as the new Remington of American painting. Other areas of study are included in the Exhibition Catalogs; Hats & Headwear,(2008); Yellowstone,(2007); Italy,(2007); Canyon de Chelly,(2005); Scotland,(2003); A Wet Line: Fly-fishing on the Rivers of North American,(2002); Land of the Rajput,(2001); Buckaroos of the Great Basin,(2000); Fast Horses,(1999); Ireland,(1997); Heart Land,(1996); China,(1995); The Blue Nile,(1993); and Sketches of Spain,(1992).

William Matthews paintings are widely exhibited nationally and internationally. His work has been part of two Meridian International Center curated exhibitions, Out West: The Great American Landscape, 2007-2008, and True Colors: Meditation on the American Spirit, 200-2005, venues included; the National Art Museum of China; Shanghai Art Museum; Hong Kong Heritage Discovery Center; the Topkapi Palace, Instanbul; the Allied Museum, Berlin; National Gallery of the Arts, Albania; Millennium Court Arts Center, Northern Ireland. His work is included in numerous private and public collections including, Museum of the West, Autry National Center; Buffalo Bill Historical Center; Eiteljorg Museum; The National Cowboy Hall of Fame; Gilcrease Museum; Joslyn Museum; Booth Western Art Museum; Phoenix Art Museum; Tuscon Museum of Art; and the Denver Art Museum.

CD and Album Cover Original Artwork Commissions

2009	Marley’s Ghost, *Ghost Town*
2009	SubDudes, *Flower Petals*
2009	Kate MacLeod, *Blooming*
2006	Vince Gill, *These Days*, Boxed Quartet Set
2006	Mark Schatz, *Steppin in the Boiler House*
2006	Skip Gorman, *Mandolin in the Cow Camp*
2004	BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet, Gitane Cajun
2004	Jim Salestrom, *A Colorado Christmas*
2003	Mary Flower, Rag Girl
2003	RW Hampton, *Troubadour*
2003	Ed Littlefield, *Going to the West*
2002	*Buck Ramsey*, Smithsonian Folkways
2000	Randy Rieman, *Where the Ponies Come to Drink*
1997	*Waddie Mitchell; Live*, Scott O’Malley & Associates, Colorado Springs, Colorado,
1997	Gary McMahan, Poems and Yodels, Horse Apple Records, Bellvue, Colorado
1997	Video cassette Original Artwork, Wild Horse Handling with Bryan Neubert, B&P Neubert Enterprises, Alturas, California
1996	*Christmas in the West*, Warner Western Records, Nashville, Tennessee,
1995	Michael Martin Murphey, Sagebrush Symphony, Warner Western Records, Nashville, Tennessee
1995	Red Steagall, *Born to this Land*, Warner Western Records
1994	Herb Jeffries, *The Bronze Buckaroo,* Warner Western Records, Nashville, Tennessee
1994	Michael Martin Murphey, America’s Horses, Warner Western Records
1993	Waddie Mitchell, *Buckaroo Poet*, Warner Western Records
1993	*Warner Western Sampler, Vol. 2*, Warner Western Records, Nashville, Tennessee
1993	Randy Travis, *Wind in the Wire*, Warner Western Records, Nashville, Tennessee
1993	Michael Martin Murphey, *Rhymes of the Renegades*, Warner Western Records, Nashville, Tennessee
1993	Sons of the San Joaquin, *Songs of the Silver Screen*, Warner Western Records, Nashville, Tennessee
1993	Sons of the San Joaquin, *A Cowboy has to Sing*, Warner Western Records, Nashville, Tennessee
1993	Bill Miller, *The Red Road*, Warner Western Records, Nashville, Tennessee
1992	Don Edwards, *Goin Back to Texas*, Warner Western Recor