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About Bill

Bill Shimek was born in Baltimore in 1947, and had been a lawyer for five years when he started painting. In the 1970’s and ’80’s he lived in Nashville, Tennessee, where as a self-taught artist he had some success in galleries and museums, including association with a gallery that sold almost everything he produced during a three-year period.

That period ended in 1985 when he returned to Maryland, faced with the opportunity to buy a dormant water-powered historic gristmill in an… more
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  • anthropology,no.1,1995
    anthropology,no.1,1995
  • anthropology,no.2,1995
    anthropology,no.2,1995
  • anthropology,no.5,1996
    anthropology,no.5,1996
  • anthropology,no.7,2003
    anthropology,no.7,2003
  • anthropology,no.8,2003
    anthropology,no.8,2003
  • dontask,donttell,justpeek,1995
    dontask,donttell,justpeek,1995
  • firecat,1995
    firecat,1995
  • mardigras,2004
    mardigras,2004
  • mask,1996
    mask,1996
  • monkeyonmyback,1995
    monkeyonmyback,1995
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    • free-standing construction

    • boydandfulfords,1983,offsetview
      boydandfulfords,1983,offsetview
    • boydandfulfords,1983
      boydandfulfords,1983
    • bus,1983
      bus,1983
    • doubledate,2004
      doubledate,2004
    • dreamerinmybed,2004
      dreamerinmybed,2004
    • eddieridesthebus,1983
      eddieridesthebus,1983
    • hillsboro7,1983
      hillsboro7,1983
    • mountainroaddiner,2008offsetr
      mountainroaddiner,2008offsetr
    • paramount,2006
      paramount,2006
    • paramount,2006,detail1
      paramount,2006,detail1
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    • black box

    • blackboxno.3withd,2005,offsetview
      blackboxno.3withd,2005,offsetview
    • blackboxno.4withd,2005,offsetview
      blackboxno.4withd,2005,offsetview
    • blackboxno.8withd,2005
      blackboxno.8withd,2005
    • blackboxno.9withs,2005
      blackboxno.9withs,2005
    • blackboxno.13withk,2005,offsetview
      blackboxno.13withk,2005,offsetview
    • blackboxno.15withk,2005
      blackboxno.15withk,2005
    • blackboxno.16withd,2005,offsetview2
      blackboxno.16withd,2005,offsetview2
    • blackboxno.22withk,2006,offsetview2
      blackboxno.22withk,2006,offsetview2
    • blackboxno.24withd,2006,offsetview
      blackboxno.24withd,2006,offsetview
    • blackboxno.25withd,2006,offsetview
      blackboxno.25withd,2006,offsetview
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    • shadowbox

    shadowbox, wood, construction
    • b.landscapeshadowbox,1995-2003
      b.landscapeshadowbox,1995-2003
    • booatwork,no.3,1995,offsetview
      booatwork,no.3,1995,offsetview
    • d.inblue,shadowbox,1996-2003
      d.inblue,shadowbox,1996-2003
    • d.landscapeshadowbox,no.2,1996
      d.landscapeshadowbox,no.2,1996
    • d.landscapeshadowbox,no.3,2003(offsetview2)
      d.landscapeshadowbox,no.3,2003(offsetview2)
    • drive,1995-2005
      drive,1995-2005
    • landscape,shadowbox,1995,offsetview
      landscape,shadowbox,1995,offsetview
    • signlanguage,shadowbox,1995
      signlanguage,shadowbox,1995
    • takinglibertieswithvenus,shadowbox,1995-2004
      takinglibertieswithvenus,shadowbox,1995-2004
    • venuslandscape,shadowbox,1995-2004
      venuslandscape,shadowbox,1995-2004
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    • Blue Figure

    acrylic on canvas
    • d.inblue,no.3,2001
      d.inblue,no.3,2001
    • d.inblue,no.4,2001
      d.inblue,no.4,2001
    • d.inblue,no.5,2001
      d.inblue,no.5,2001
    • d.inblue,no.6(sofa),2002
      d.inblue,no.6(sofa),2002
    • d.inblue,no.12(sofa),2003
      d.inblue,no.12(sofa),2003
    • d.inblue,no.14,2005
      d.inblue,no.14,2005
    • d.inblue,no.15,2006
      d.inblue,no.15,2006
    • dinblue,no.19
      dinblue,no.19
    • portraitoflynnkirylofeb2009
      portraitoflynnkirylofeb2009
    • s.withquilt,2001
      s.withquilt,2001
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    • floral

    floral, painting, canvas
    • azalea,no.1,2002
      azalea,no.1,2002
    • azalea,no.2,2002
      azalea,no.2,2002
    • coreopsis,no.1,1998
      coreopsis,no.1,1998
    • daylilies,no.2,1999
      daylilies,no.2,1999
    • daylilies,no.3,1999
      daylilies,no.3,1999
    • iris,no.4,2001
      iris,no.4,2001
    • iris,no.5,2002
      iris,no.5,2002
    • periwinkle,1998
      periwinkle,1998
    • somebodysweeds,no.3,1998
      somebodysweeds,no.3,1998
    • sycamore,2000
      sycamore,2000
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    • landscape

    • benjaminnoblehouse,noblesmill
      benjaminnoblehouse,noblesmill
    • bluefigurelandscape,1998
      bluefigurelandscape,1998
    • connellsfields,no.3,2003
      connellsfields,no.3,2003
    • connells,1997
      connells,1997
    • d.landscape,1999
      d.landscape,1999
    • deercreekvalley-isennocks
      deercreekvalley-isennocks
    • noblesmillbridge
      noblesmillbridge
    • noblesmillroad,fall,1999
      noblesmillroad,fall,1999
    • noblesmillroad,winter,2000
      noblesmillroad,winter,2000
    • vermontcoveredbridge
      vermontcoveredbridge
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    • portrait

    • ariellkirylo,2008
      ariellkirylo,2008
    • deborahcampbell2009
      deborahcampbell2009
    • donnajoyplotkin
      donnajoyplotkin
    • portrait-of-judith-simons
      portrait-of-judith-simons
    • portrait-of-michael-gantt,-
      portrait-of-michael-gantt,-
    • selfinblue,2005
      selfinblue,2005
    • tarvershimek,2004
      tarvershimek,2004
    • tarvershimek,august2009
      tarvershimek,august2009
    • virginiashimek,2004
      virginiashimek,2004
    • virginiashimek,november2009
      virginiashimek,november2009
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