Exhibitions include:

Chaucer Studio Guildford 1970
Devon Shire Studio Chiswick 1970
University of Surrey Guildford 1971
The Duffield Gallery Shalford 1976
Telford Gallery Godalming 1980
Ottersburn Gallery Dumfries 1983
Holsworthy Gallery London 1983
Ottersburn Gallery Dumfries 1984
Chalk Farm Gallery London 1984
Chenil Gallery London 1984
Clarges Gallery London 1984
The Reid Gallery Guildford 1985
Malcolm Innes Gallery Edinburgh 1986
Ottersburn Gallery Dumfries 1987
Bryden Gallery Moffat 1991
Mint Street Gallery Godalming 1992
Showcase Gallery Bramley 1995
Forth Art Gallery Edinburgh 1995
The Old Bank Gallery Wigtown 1998
Holroyd Gallery Glasgow 1998
The Library Art Gallery Newton Stewart 1999
Castle Douglas Art Gallery Castle Douglas 1999
The Glasgow Arts Fair ~ Glasgow 2000
Castle Douglas Art Gallery Castle Douglas 2000
Waverley Gallery Prestwick 2000
Castle Douglas Art Gallery Castle Douglas 2001
Waverley Gallery Prestwick 2001
Maxwellton Gallery Dumfries 2001
The Miegle Gallery Blairgowrie 2002
St. Andrews Fine Art St. Andrews 2002
Waterloo Gallery Stranraer 2003
The Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Art 2003
Exhibitor at The Glasgow Art Fair 2001-2004
Spring Fling Open Studio, Dumfries and Galloway 2004
Tolquhon Gallery Ellon Aberdeenshire 2004
The Solo Gallery Dundas Street Edinburgh 2004
The Newton Stewart Library Gallery 2004
The Rockcliffe Gallery, Kirkcudbright, 2004
Spring Fling, Open Studios 2004 -2006
The Glasgow Art Fair 2001 - 2006
Selected Commissions and Awards
Two Million selling album covers for Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Gold Disc Award "Tarkus" and "Pictures At An Exhibition"
"Red House" commission by Marietta Parfitt for Sir Cliff Richard.
"Temporary Beauty" commission for Leo Sayer.
"Another Grey Area" commission for Graham Parker and the Rumour.
"Party" Book Cover for Author Don Telford.
7 Paintings published from 1981 by the Holsworthy Gallery, London.
2 Limited editions published in 1983 by 'Take a Pebble'.
4 Limited editions published in 1990 by Ottersburn Fine Art.
4 Conversation Pieces for Victor Gauntlett.
"Art Now" Purchase Prize 1999
Bladnoch Distillery, Limited edition "The Barley Field'' 2002
Glimpses of Galloway Calendar - 2001, 2002, 2003 & 2004.
Marginal Movements, Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries, 2007

Permanent Collections
The Dumfries and Galloway Educational Trust, Gracefield Art Centre
The Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary
The Bank of Scotland - Kirkcudbright
University of Surrey - Guildford
The Bruce Hotel - Newton Stewart
Heygate Management - Guildford
Bridge Books - Woking
The Sargent Collection - Farncombe

Born in Guildford in 1947, William was brought up in the village of Bramley, Surrey. He gained a Diploma in Art and Design at the Guildford School of Art, and followed a diverse career in the graphic arts working for the BBC, Pitman Publishing and C.C.S Associates, a leading design group in London's West End. It was from C.C.S that he met Greg Lake, and went on to work for Emerson, Lake and Palmer producing cover designs for the two million selling albums 'Tarkus' and 'Pictures at an Exhibition'. His work was also used by other rock bands during this period such as Stone the Crows, Audience, The Mick Abrahams Band, the Upsetters and numerous reggae bands for Trojan Records (the Motown of Reggae).
From 1971 he concentrated on painting full time, holding many exhibitions until he met Stefan Knapp in 1978. This proved to be a major turning point in his career becoming Stefan's studio assistant and close friend. Stefan's influence as an internationally famous enamellist and painter together with his kindly direction and encouragement has laid the basis for all of William's work today.
Although Williams work bears no resemblance to the scale and symbolism of Stefan's work, the studio discipline and long gradations of colour will always be hallmarks of this unlikely yet highly beneficial meeting. Stefan died in 1996.
Today William works from his studio in Wigtown, Dumfries and Galloway. The theme of peace, colour and harmony permeates all of his paintings, many of which depict his specialist subject of the Galloway landscape by moonlight in watercolour. His paintings continue to be instantly recognisable and enthusiastically collected. To date over 5000 limited edition prints have been sold, and his paintings were recently exhibited at the Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Art.

Penny Neal