Bill Walton

Bill Walton's fascination with the professional athlete and the old west, combined with his artistic skills, has evolved into a full-time profession as an artist.

Bill was raised in a small town near Enid, Oklahoma, where horses and sports were a big part of his life.  His father trained horses to work and Bill broke and trained horses to ride.  His knowledge and understanding of horses are evident as he captures their movements in his drawings and paintings.

He has drawn for as long as he can remember, and he developed that talent so that it would provide him with a 30-year career in graphic design in newspaper advertising. 

In 1971, his identity as a western artist began to unfold.  He depicts western scenes using various mediums that tell a story, whether it is dramatic or comedic, or an illustration of the simple tasks typical of daily life in the West.

Bill's passion for sports, particularly baseball, is evident in his sport art.  He prefers to paint or draw the golden era of baseball, using brilliant pastel colors to create portraits and action scenes of athletes.

The sport genre has taken him from coast to coast with commissioned work from throughout the United States and Canada.  He has done commissioned sport art for the Oklahoma Sports Museum in Guthrie, Oklahoma, the Kansas Baseball Hall of Fame in Wichita, Kansas, and the El Dorado Baseball Museum in El Dorado, Kansas.  In 1997 and 1998 his sport art was accepted for the Baseball Art Show held in Gallery 53 in Cooperstown, New York during the induction week.

Bill's gallery and studio is located in downtown El Dorado, Kansas.