William Beebe

William R. Beebe was born in Bethesda, MD in 1956.  He is a marine artist who has been painting the coast for more than 15 years.  He has many wonderful childhood memories of times spent on the Chesapeake Bay sailing, canoeing and crabbing, but it was after his first trip to Maine in the mid-1980′s that he discovered his love of the New England coastline.  It was 1990 when he made the life changing decision to pursue his art full time and move to Maine, where he and his wife lived on the coast for 12 years.  This is where he honed his skills in painting schooner, lobster boats, lighthouses, islands and coastal villages.

Bill is a traditional realist who paints exclusively in oil and is meticulous about detail and accuracy.  He adapts his style to capture the particular mood and scene he is painting.  Bill is a graduate of the University of Maryland in Fine Art. He is a member of the American Society of Marine Artists and his paintings are in major private and corporate collections in the US and abroad.  His painting, “On Monhegan Island”, has been featured in several publications, including American Art Review, October 2000 issue, and the book The Art of Monhegan Island, published in 2004.

Bill’s work is in numerous private and public collections, and from 1994-2002 he was the resident artist for MBNA America.  He currently resides in Virginia with his wife where he continues his marine painting and to be inspired by his love of the coast.