Painting Measures 18 inches x 24 inches

Born and raised in Saskatchewan until he was seventeen, Bill Schwarz, SCA was a child prodigy winning his first colouring contest at five years of age. However, this early burst of fame was interrupted for fifty years as he pursued his education, earning his Doctor of Jurisprudence from the University of Toronto in 1966. Bill was admitted to the Law Society of Upper Canada in 1968 and moved to Cambridge where he has built a successful and respected law practice with his business partner Bob Pettitt. The law practice continues to thrive with Carly Hills, Mike Pass and Bill.

For all of that, artistic genius was not to be suppressed. His smoldering interest in art was rekindled in 1997 when his wife, Nancy, suggested they take an art course together. Bill’s tenacity took hold and he has since pursued his artistic development with courses at the Ontario College of Art and Design, the Dundas Valley School of Art, the Homer Watson House & Gallery, the Cambridge Library and Gallery, the Georgian Bay School of Art, and by attending other artists’ workshops in Canada, the United States, Mexico and Europe.

Bill has a personal and abiding interest in the urban landscape. This means architecture of all sorts, from buildings and boats to vehicles or machinery. He is fascinated by the effect that nature has on this architecture . . . weathering it or breaking it down to give it a unique character. Bill is captivated by the idea that when architecture is new it looks essentially the same as any other architecture in the same category . . . it is time that gives it its unique quality and characteristics.

Bill draws in pen and ink and paints with oil, casein, watercolour and acrylic. His paintings have been shown on episodes of the 2018-19 CBC television sitcoms Schitt’s Creek and Workin’ Moms.