About Bill

Bill Schmidt was born in Trenton, New Jersey in 1947. He studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (BFA, 1969) and attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Skowhegan, Maine before moving to Baltimore in 1969. He received an MFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art’s Hoffberger School of Painting in 1971.

He has received numerous grants and awards including the Bethesda Painting Award (2015), two Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Awards… more

Paintings, 2023 - 2024

  • Effigice.10, 16 x 12
    Effigice.10, 16 x 12
  • Effigice.09, 16 x 12, gouache on panel
    Effigice.09, 16 x 12, gouache on panel
  • Effigice.08, 16 x 12, gouache on panel
    Effigice.08, 16 x 12, gouache on panel
  • Effigice.07, 16 x 12
    Effigice.07, 16 x 12
  • Effigice.07, 16 x 12, gouache on panel
    Effigice.07, 16 x 12, gouache on panel
  • Effigice.05, 16 x 12
    Effigice.05, 16 x 12
  • Effigice.04, 16 x 12, gouache on panel
    Effigice.04, 16 x 12, gouache on panel
  • Foil, 14 x 11, gouache on panel
    Foil, 14 x 11, gouache on panel
  • Bouyant, 16 x 12, gouache on panel
    Bouyant, 16 x 12, gouache on panel

Paintings, 2022

Gouache on panel
  • untitled
    untitled
    gouache on panel, 14 x 11
  • untitled
    untitled
    gouache on panel, 16 x 16
  • untitled
    untitled
    gouache on panel, 10 x 10
  • untitled
    untitled
    gouache on panel, 14 x 14
  • untitled
    untitled
    gouache on panel, 12 x 12
  • untitled
    untitled
    gouache on panel, 10 x 10
  • Quandary
    Quandary
    gouache on panel, 12 x 12
  •  untitled
    untitled
    gouache on muslin over panel, 8 x 8
  • untitled
    untitled
    gouache on muslin over panel, 12 x 12
  • untitled
    untitled
    gouache on panel, 10 x 10

More Paintings, 2021 - 2022

Gouache on panel
  • untitled
    untitled
    gouache on panel, 14 x 14
  • untitled
    untitled
    gouache on panel, 14 x 11
  • untitled
    untitled
    gouache on panel, 12 x 12
  • untitled
    untitled
    gouache on panel, 12 x 12
  • untitled
    untitled
    gouache on panel, 12 x 12
  • untitled
    untitled
    gouache on panel, 12 x 12
  • untitled
    untitled
    gouache on muslin over panel, 14 x 11
  • untitled
    untitled
    gouache on panel, 16 x 12
  • untitled
    untitled
    gouache on panel, 16 x 12
  • untitled
    untitled
    gouache on muslin over panel, 16 x 12

Paintings, 2020 - 2021

Gouache on panel
  • OTP.40
    OTP.40
    8" x 8"
  • untitled
    untitled
    12" x 12"
  • OTP.36
    OTP.36
    10" x 10"
  • OTP.35
    OTP.35
    8" x 8"
  • OTP.25
    OTP.25
    12" x 12"
  • OTP.24
    OTP.24
    8" x 8"
  • OTP.33
    OTP.33
    10" x 10"
  • untitled 8.19
    untitled 8.19
    16" x 12"
  • OneTwo.03
    OneTwo.03
    12" x 12'
  • OneTwo.02
    OneTwo.02
    12" x 12"

Paintings, 2021 - 2022

Gouache on Panel
  • untitled
    untitled
    14 x 14, gouache on panel
  • untitled
    untitled
    16 x 16, gouache on panel
  • Figures and Fragments I
    Figures and Fragments I
    14" x 14", gouache on panel
  • Figures and Fragments II
    Figures and Fragments II
    18" x 14", gouache on panel
  • Figures and Fragments III
    Figures and Fragments III
    16" x 12", gouache on panel
  • Figures and Fragments IV
    Figures and Fragments IV
    10" x 10", gouache on panel
  • Figures and Fragments V
    Figures and Fragments V
    16 x 16, gouache on panel
  • Figures and Fragments VI
    Figures and Fragments VI
    16 x 12, gouache on panel
  • untitled
    untitled
    12 x 16, gouache on panel

Paintings, 2019 - 2020

Gouache on Panel
  • untitled
    untitled
    16 x 16
  • Curtain Call
    Curtain Call
    16 x 16
  • In Its Own Way
    In Its Own Way
    16 x 16
  • Figment
    Figment
    8" x 8"
  • Moment
    Moment
    8" x 8"
  • Withholding Pattern
    Withholding Pattern
    12" x 12"
  • Nest #2
    Nest #2
    12" x 12"
  • Over and Out
    Over and Out
    16 x 16
  • It Came Quick (and It Didn't Stay Long)
    It Came Quick (and It Didn't Stay Long)
    16 x12
  • untitled
    untitled
    16 x 12

"One Thing Paintings", 2020 - 2021

  • OTP.42
    OTP.42
    12" x 9", gouache on panel, 2021
  • OTP.45
    OTP.45
    12" x 9", gouache on panel, 2021
  • OTP.34
    OTP.34
    !2" x 9", gouache on panel, 2020
  • OTP.32
    OTP.32
    12" x 9", gouache on panel, 2020
  • OTP.31
    OTP.31
    10" x 10", gouache on panel, 2020
  • OTP.30
    OTP.30
    8" x 8", gouache on panel, 2020
  • OTP.29
    OTP.29
    10" x 10", gouache on panel, 2020
  • OTP.39
    OTP.39
    8" x 8", gouache on panel, 2021
  • OTP.38
    OTP.38
    8" x 8", gouache on panel, 2021

"One Thing Paintings", 2019 - 2020

Gouache on Panel
  • OTP.21
    OTP.21
    10" x 10"
  • OTP.20
    OTP.20
    12" x 12"
  • OTP.19
    OTP.19
    10" x 10"
  • OTP.23
    OTP.23
    12" x 9"
  • OTP.26
    OTP.26
    10" X 10"
  • OTP.28
    OTP.28
    10" x 10"
  • OTP.27
    OTP.27
    8" x 8"
  • OTP.22
    OTP.22
    8" x 8"

"One Thing Paintings", 2016 - 2017

8" x 8", Gouache on Panel
  • OTP.01
    OTP.01
  • OTP.02
    OTP.02
  • OTP.07
    OTP.07
  • OTP.08
    OTP.08
  • OTP.09
    OTP.09
  • OTP.10
    OTP.10
  • OTP.11
    OTP.11
  • OTP.12
    OTP.12
  • OTP.13
    OTP.13
  • OTP.14
    OTP.14

Paintings, 2017 - 2018

Gouache on Panel
  • Architopia
    Architopia
    Architopia, 16" x 16"
  • Either.And
    Either.And
    Either/And, 18" x 18"
  • From There to Here
    From There to Here
    From There to Here, 18" x 18"
  • SideTrip
    SideTrip
    Side Trip, 18" x 18"
  • The Thing Is
    The Thing Is
    The Thing Is, 16" x 16"
  • What If
    What If
    What If, 8" x 8"
  • Starts and Fits
    Starts and Fits
    Starts and Fits, 8" x 8"
  • Finial
    Finial
    12" x 12"
  • Foil
    Foil
    12" x 12"
  • Front and Center
    Front and Center
    12" x 12"