Gilkerson, William (American) (1935-2015)
About the Artist:
William Gilkerson (American) (1936-2015)
Gilkerson’s drawings, watercolors, and oils have been featured in a dozen major institutional exhibitions; they have been anthologized and reproduced in scores of books, magazines, and on film. As of this moment, some 50 prints and lithographs of his pictures have been produced. He has been dubbed “the grandfather of modern scrimshaw” by various scrimshaw authorities, and his commissioned designs for the ornamentation of various traditional craft, old and new, decorate some of today’s memorable vessels.