William Matthews has had a long and prolific career. He has designed albums, painted book covers, traveled the world and documented it all in beautiful watercolor paintings. Willy is best known for his depictions of the American West. His fine art career has now spanned the better part of five decades of studio and plain-air watercolors and mixed media, earning him recognition across North America, Europe and Asia.

His art continues to appear on CD and book covers, on commemorative posters and in publications. William’s paintings and murals appear on walls on three continents and the halls of Congress. He is the subject of three books, published by Simon & Schuster and Chronicle Books, and a documentary entitled “Drawn To Paint” focusing on Matthews, his work and subject matter, which was broadcast in 2015.

Today he continues as a contemporary master painter, lecturer and prominent presence in the international art world. His representational style can be either tightly disciplined or more loosely rendered, and his command of such demanding subjects as water, light, weather and atmosphere is remarkable.