William Kincaid (artist)
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William Kincaid | |
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| Born | 1957 (age 67–68) |
| Alma mater | Washington University in St. Louis |
| Known for | Painting |
William "Bill" Kincaid (born 1957, in Chicago) is an American artist known for creating pet paintings in brilliant colors on large canvases, and as a costume designer until 1990.
Kincaid attended art class at the Washington University in St. Louis during the early 1980s, although not as an art major.
Employment
After graduating from Washington University, he painted miscellaneous portraits of people, occasional copies of classic paintings, and abstracts in his spare time. He focused on pets after he painted a friend's Boston Terrier. Kincaid's first employment in an art field was in 1974, working as a custom motorcycle artist at "Buzz's Psycles" of Chamblee, Georgia. He painted restorations of classic British bikes such as the Bonnevilles and Trophies built in the middle and late 1960s by Triumph Motorcycles and did customization work. He left Georgia in 1977.
Influences
He has listed as major influences 1960s psychedelia, surrealism and Pop Art; Andy Warhol, Peter Max, Salvador Dalí, and other less-known genre artists. Although the medium, acrylics on canvas, has been consistent throughout his painting career, his painting style has varied throughout a limited body of work.