William Townsend

H.W. (Bill) Townsend wanted to be an artist when he was six years old. At the age of 40 he walked away from a high paying executive job to fulfill that dream, and he has not looked back since.

Although primarily self-taught, Townsend received his early art training at the Vancouver School of Art and the New York School of Design in Manhattan. William Townsend’s oil paintings have a way of re-organizing nature's table of life into powerful structures on canvas. The artist searches for special aspects in his environment; he calls these "some God-inspired creations so perfect in composition and design."

Townsend has been the guest on a number of television programs and was one of 12 artists in a CBC documentary produced for Canada Day celebrations a number of years ago. Today the list of corporations and individuals collecting his work continues to grow. A partial list of his corporate collectors includes the American Broadcasting Corporation, Hong Kong Bank of Canada, Royal Bank of Canada, Imperial Bank of Commerce, AMOCO Canada, Canadian Occidental Petroleum and Fortune Energy Inc.
A Townsend painting speaks of more than simple beauty, it speaks of the freedom found only within ourselves.