The Bean Art Gallery featuring original oil paintings by William Gram. (Updated June 09) Most of Bill's paintings are painted plein air (onsite). In Door County, Bill is represented in season at Potter's Wheel Gallery, 3915 Gibralter Rd, Fish Creek, WI 54212 , 920 868 3371 and year around at Great Northern by Design at The Settlement Shops, one mile south of Fish Creek, 9106 Hwy 42 ,Fish Creek WI 54212, 920 868 4135. You are encouraged to visit Bill's studio in Wilmette, IL to view his paintings.The Millennium Park page focuses on paintings of the Bean, officially named Cloud Gate, and the Pritzker Pavilion a Frank Gehry creation. See the new Dance page featuring ballet paintings of scenes inspired by Chicago ballet companies and Russian companies such as the Bolshoi.
Many new paintings have been added in 08 and 09 including the Millennium Pk ones on this page and three new commission pieces at the end of the cityscape page.
Some of Bill's paintings are created in the middle of a crowd such as the Cub's playoff game painting found on the cityscape page. See the photo there of Bill painting
News from The Bean Art Gallery 2009:Bill's painting of the sandbar at Nicolet Bay(see it on this page) was juried into the 47th Annual Juried Exhibition at the Hardy Gallery in Ephriam, WI. This is the most important Door Co juried exhibition and runs until July 12. Nine of Bill's Millennium Park Paintings are currently exhibited at Penny's, 950 Diversey in Chicago along with other paintings of the Plein Air Painters of Chicago, papchicago.com. This group was featured in the Feb American Artist Magazine and on Chicago Today. In Door County Bill's work was exhibited at both the Miller Art Museum and the Hardy Gallery in 2007.
