Biography William Edward Young

William Young paints full-time at his studio in the Piney Woods of East Texas. His formal art training included drawing and printmaking courses at the University of Dallas, East Texas State University, and Stephen F. Austin State University. Young also studied painting with Ancel Nunn and helped in the printing of several of Nunn's stone-pulled lithographs.

Young's first art show at nineteen was the Temple Emanu-el Art Festival in 1976 where his etching The Last Letter was judged best-in-show by a panel of judges that included Harry Parker, then Director of the Dallas Museum of Art. Since then, Young has pursued both a fine art and commercial art career. His paintings, etchings, and drawings are included in many private collections.

When Young is not in his studio painting, he's walking his dogs on the trails through his 32 acres of oaks and pines, writing stories, or riding his Harley Davidson Ultra Classic down the curving backroads of Texas with his wife Kathryn.

Contact William at 903.729.1284 (studio) or 903.922.3130 (cell).
wyoung@goquest.com (email)

EXHIBITIONS:

2010 Hunting Art Prize - Finalist, 2010
Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, Invitational Western Art Show and Sale, 2010
William Reaves Fine Art, Water Rites: Rivers, Lakes and Streams in Texas Art, 2010
Longview Museum of Fine Art, Etchings & Dreamscapes, Longview, TX, 2009
William Reaves Fine Art, Texas in Art: The Texas Aesthetic II, Houston, TX, 2009
D Art Slam, Dallas Nine Award, Dallas, Tx 2009
William Reaves Fine Art, Painting West Texas: 30 Artists/100 Years, Houston, TX, 2009
Cherry Spring Festival, Cherry Springs, TX, 2008
William Reaves Fine Art, Houston, TX, 2008
Gallery II -- David Dike Fine Art & Estates, Dallas, TX, 2008
Cherry Spring Art Festival, Cherry Spring, TX, Texas Five, 2007
Texas State University, San Marcos, Then and Now, 2007
David Dike Fine Art Gallery, Dallas, TX, Texas Five, 2007
Museum for East Texas Culture, Palestine, TX, Texas Five, 2007
Trinity River Arts Center, Dallas, TX, 2006
David Dike Fine Arts, Dallas, TX, Texas Five, 2006
Museum for East Texas Culture, Palestine, TX, 2005
Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler, TX, 2005

REPRESENTATION:

William Reaves Fine Art
2313 Brun Street
Houston, Texas 77019
713.521.7500
www.reavesart.com