William Berry (artist)

William Augustus Berry (born September 29, 1933, Jacksonville, Texas; died January 3, 2010, Columbia, Missouri)[1][2] was an author, artist, and professor of art, known for his illustrations and colored pencil drawings.

[8] Berry traveled throughout the Middle East from 1965 to 1966, sponsored by a Dorothy Thompson Fellowship, resulting in an exhibition of photographs, drawings, and paintings shown at various American colleges in 1967-68.

[9] Publications of Berry's illustrations, in a wide variety of media and styles, have been featured in various periodicals, such as The Reporter, Harper's, The New Leader, Esquire, Holiday Magazine, and Newsweek.

[1] During these residencies, Berry, utilizing colored pencils, a cross-hatching technique and limited palette, created a series of still-life drawings focusing on the effect of light on geometric solids, which he constructed from paper.

Berry wrote that the "geometric solids represent an intrusion of the ideal form of a truly Platonic type into the real world of objects.... a visual event that I find poetic and intriguing.

"[19] Upon his retirement from teaching, Berry continued to be prolific - merging long-used techniques with new emphasis on combining computer-based images, photography, collage, and watercolor.