Members
Bill Steele
Phone: 207-847-0436
Email: wsteele99@gmail.com
William Steele of Yarmouth is Professor Emeritus of theater at the University of Southern Maine where he taught acting and directing plays for many years as well as maintaining a national acting career in corporate training, commercials and film. Since his freshman year in college, when he bought his first painting, he has been an avid collector of art. But it wasn't until about ten years ago, at his wife Eleanor's urging, that he began to paint, leaning mostly on impressions drawn from time spent lobstering in his early years. Painting in oil, he relishes getting back in touch with those days on the stern of the "Tern," hauling gear out of Cundy's Harbor off Harpswell in Casco Bay. He has held governmental appointments to the Maine Arts Commission, the New England Foundation for the Arts and the Governor's Advisory Committee on Public Broadcasting. He lives in Yarmouth, Maine with his wife Eleanor, who is also an artist.
Solo and Juried Exhibits:
- Bath Savings Bank, Falmouth, Summer 2011 (Solo)
- River Arts Gallery, Damariscotta, December 2012
- Richard Boyd Gallery, Peaks Island, May 2013
- Richard Boyd Gallery, Peaks Island, June 2013
- Harlow Gallery, Hallowell, 2013
- Kismet Summer in Maine Exhibit, Yarmouth, Summer 2014, 2015
- Maine Coast Artist Gallery, Friendship, July 2014
- MacPage LLC, South Portland, Fall 2014
- Maine Open Juried Art Show, Waterville, Spring 2015
- Still Point Art Gallery, international, on line, November 2015
Invitational Memberships and Gallery Representation:
- Yarmouth Artisans Collective
- Maine Coast Artist Gallery, Friendship
Awards:
- Juror's Award (Bob Keyes), ArtFest 2013, Harlow Gallery, Hollowell.