Growing up in South Texas, William was raised fishing the waters of the
Texas Gulf Coast and Mexico on his family’s boat “The Playmate”. As a
young boy you would often find him wading along the coast with either a
fly rod or spinning rod in hand. William was fascinated with the art and
skill of catching and releasing creatures of the sea. He soon began
sketching pictures from the many offshore and inshore adventures that
he, his family and childhood friends had pursued.
Initially pursuing an education in Marine Biology, William’s natural gift to
recreate almost anything he saw made him quickly realize that he
needed a more creative outlet to express himself. William earned high
honors and won several awards after making a switch to the School of
Architecture at the University of Texas at San Antonio. Soon after
completing the architecture program, William worked for one of the
largest and most prestigious architecture firms in San Antonio. Always
pursuing new and innovative methods of design William purchased a
Macintosh and taught himself the latest graphic design programs, whichallowed him to make another jump into the world of advertising, thereby expanding his creative abilities.
At 25, he passed the exam for a captain’s license and shortly thereafter
bought his first boat a 38’ Bertram called “Blues Chaser”. As a captain,
William started and operated an offshore charter company, which would
eventually lead him to Seaside, a coastal community in the Florida
Panhandle. He continued to run offshore charters and guide inshore
anglers through the estuaries of the Emerald Coast.
William then accepted a position with an architecture firm where he
acted as the senior designer and as a captain for a private 50’ Sport
Fish, which he ran in Gulf Coast Billfish Tournaments, which stretched
from the Panhandle of Florida to Texas and the Bahamas.
William moved back to Texas in 2009 and started pursuing his love for
redfish and trout along the gulf coast state. This allowed him to engage
in his love of fishing, art and design as well as being able to reconnect
with his local waters. Longing to find a way to combine his day job with
his passion for fishing, William began photographing his fishing
expeditions along the Gulf Coast, the Atlantic and Bahamas first as a
hobby and then incorporated it into the work he did by water coloring the
scenes for his anglers.
William’s artistic ability to capture the emotion and feelings of the angler
as they pursue their catch is second only to his skill on the polling
platform. William’s love for guiding and fishing is clearly shown in his
photography and artwork.