[Brian Williams]

Hello, everyone! I am honored to be a part of such an amazing website with so many great artists. My name is Brian Williams. My wife and I recently moved to Peoria, Arizona from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where I trained at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts for two and a half years in their Certificate Program.

I have been starved for people to discuss art with since moving here and I am so excited to be able to once again have conversations about art.

I have been working in restaurants in the evenings, which allows me to paint during the day. I recently compiled a mini-portfolio with procedures and prices that I keep with me at the restaurant. I have been able to generate some portrait business this way. I am attaching a portrait that I recently completed in pencil, charcoal and pastel. It is called "Mikey" and is 10 inches by 8 inches.

I have many questions for the full-time professionals that I have been admiring on this forum!