Bill Craig Born 1931

Bill Craig is unique among western artist in his absolute and uncompromising insistence on authenticity and detail.  His bronze replicas of various artifacts of the western heritage spring excitingly to life only after painstaking study, countless measurements, and bales of preliminary sketches.  The same basic integrity is reflected in his paintings and sketches.

He knows and loves the vanishing West he seeks to preserve in his work; he has lived his entire life close to the land an its pioneer past.  The individuality of his art is further enhanced by the fact that he is self-taught; this together with his pioneer roots confirms each of his works as an enduring and inimitable original.

Born April 27, 19311, Bill was reared on a small farm in Lynn County, Texas.  Growing up during the period of the drastic changes from manual labor to the mechanical miracles, he now puts his fulltime efforts into recording the passing relics in detailed bronze and wood sculptures.

Drawing and painting since childhood gave him the background he deeded to train his artistic ability and advance to an era in the art that can truly be labeled his own.

Bill and his wife, Margie, reside in Tahoka, Texas where they own