Bill Shaddix is known for western genre painting and the lore of the cowboy and Indian era.

Through a dynamic and often bold technique, he develops an appealing atmosphere in the field and in bookstores and libraries, researching his subjects to retain authenticity! He specializes in oils, but enjoys working in other mediums, including sculpture. His paintings can be found in many museums throughout the country and continue to be acquired by discriminating collectors world-wide!

Born November 30, 1931, the success that Bill Shaddix has achieved has been hard fought and well deserved. The oldest of the eight children, Bill knew intimately the grinding poverty of the depression years. His parents lost their own farm in Oklahoma and worked as laborers to hold the family together. Bill can still remember working alongside his mother in the cotton fields. But the painful memory of lean times is tempered by more happy thoughts, of fishing in the creek, gigging for frogs, and occasionally “stealing a melon and eating the heart out right there in the patch”.

Bill Shaddix’s pieces are enhanced by an elegant frame. Click on read more to see framed painting.