William Silvers

Infobox Artist
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name = William Silvers

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birthdate =
location = New Bremen, Ohio
nationality = American
field = Painting
movement = Wildlife art
works = King of the Swamp
Going Fishing
awards = Arts for the Parks Founder's Favorite 2001
Arts for the Parks Region I Winner 2005

William Silvers (* in New Bremen, Ohio) is an American painter and illustrator, best know for his work in the field of wildlife art.

Biography

Inspired by his father, who was also an artist, William Silvers studied arts at the Bowling Green State University and earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts at the age of 21. After working for advertising agencies and an illustration studio for several years, he co-founded the art studio "Live Wire Studios", located in Clermont, Florida, as Vice President and Creative Director in 1990. Six years later Silvers started to work for the Walt Disney Animation Studios and painted backgrounds for animated feature films such as Mulan and Lilo & Stitch. After working for Industrial Light and Magic as matte painter during 2004, he moved back to Florida and worked as Associate Art Director on the sports games of EA Tiburon. Silvers is currently living again in Clermont and concentrates on his work as wildlife artist. [cite web | url=http://www.williamsilvers.com/htmls/bio.html | title=About the Artist | accessdate=2008-08-25 | last=Silvers | first=William | year=2006 | work=William Silvers]

Awards

In the 2001 "Arts for the Parks" competition of the "National Park Academy of the Arts", Silvers won the "Founder's Favorite" award, which was endowed with a price money of $1,500, for his painting "King of the Swamp" showing the head of a swimming crocodile. [cite web | url=http://www.artsfortheparks.com/winners2001.html | title=Arts for the Parks: 2001 Competition Winners | accessdate=2008-08-25 | year=2002 | work=Arts for the Parks | publisher=National Park Academy of the Arts | archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20070206084446/www.artsfortheparks.com/winners2001.html | archivedate=2007-02-06] Four years later, in 2005, his painting "Going Fishing" was awarded with the "Region I" award (all entries east of the Mississippi River), which came with a price money of $3,000. [cite web | url=http://www.artsfortheparks.com/2005/2005winners.html | title=Arts for the Parks: 2005 Competition Winners | accessdate=2008-08-25 | year=2006 | work=Arts for the Parks | publisher=National Park Academy of the Arts | archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20070205031751/www.artsfortheparks.com/2005/2005winners.html | archivedate=2007-02-05]

References

External links

* [http://www.williamsilvers.com/ William Silvers] (personal homepage)