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Artist William Welch received his art education at
Ohio University with further study at the Philadelphia
College of Art. A Cleveland native, he developed
his love and skills in painting under the able
instruction of prominent American watercolorists and
master oil painters. He refers to himself as an
"academic impressionist", drawing on his training in
realism and expressive passion for light and color.
From miniature watercolor scenes of extreme fine
detail to large and expressive oil murals and screens,
Mr. Welch's style evokes the romance of color and light
in the true impressionist's spirit. He has spent
the last decade following a nineteenth century painter's
path throughout Europe, concentrating in Normandy,
northern Italy, and Provénce and Portugal. A
frequent visitor to Giverny, Claude Monet's legacy of
floral and natural beauty, he was even interviewed by a
French television crew while he painted in the garden
with other artists from many countries. As the
impressionist discipline advocated, Mr. Welch considers
his best studio to b outdoors in front of ever-changing
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