William Rathbone

W.J ( Bill ) Rathbone was born in Rhuallt near St Asaph in 1934 , of Welsh parents. A self taught artist who did not start painting until the age of thirty seven. His oil paintings and pencil sketches are displayed in many private collections, he also painted murals in Schools and places of public interest. His work was shown on Telivision and featured in many newspapers. In 1983 Bill had a painting accepted by The Tate Gallery in London, has exhibited in many Galleries and has had solo exhibitions. From 2001 until 2008 became a Turkish resident, visited and stayed in Istanbul painting pictures of the famous Mosques and beautiful builings of Istanbul, before settling in Bodrum where Bill opened a studio and gallery. His first Turkish exhibition proved successful, resulting in the sale of many paintings and comissions, The painting of Mustafa Kemel Ataturk made the front page in the leading Turkish newspaper `The Hurriyet' At the end of 2008 returning again to North Wales,lives in Kinmel Bay and as usual has a studio at his home where he is currently painting pictures of the life of Owain Glyndwr the Wesh hero. To see more of his work click on his own website, it is on google uk billrathbone-welshartist where you can browse or buy limited edition prints of his work from a selection of over 160 images.