Small Wonder Gallery: featuring the art of Edward Gordon, Carol Collette, Alan Magee and other local and national artists

William R. Beebe was born in Bethesda, Maryland, in 1956. He graduated from the University of Maryland with a degree in Fine Art.

Bill is a member of the American Society of Marine Artists. His paintings are in major private and corporate collections in the United States and abroad. His painting, On Monhegan Island, has been featured in several publications including American Art Review October 2000 issue and a book entitled The Art of Monhegan Island, published in 2004.

Bill is a marine artist who has been painting the coast for more than 16 years. A traditional realist who paints exclusively in oil, he is meticulous about detail and accuracy. He adapts his style to capture the particular mood and scene he is painting.

Bill 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-1980s 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 schooners, lobsterboats, lighthouses, islands, and coastal villages.

Bill currently resides in Williamsburg, Virginia, with his wife where he continues his marine painting and to be inspired by his love for the American schooners and life along the coast.

Limited Edition Prints by William Beebe