Bill Bauer
Bill Bauer has been involved in art for 50+ years. He is a graduate of Texas Tech University in Art Education and taught in the Victoria Public School system as an art teacher for 34 years and has since retired. He taught and created pottery for most of those years. Since retirement he joined the Victoria Art League where he was asked to set up a pottery program there. Now the art league has a pottery room where Bill teaches beginner and follow up classes two or three times a year. He has continued to broaden his horizons to include other mediums. These include oil painting, scratchboard, drawing, acrylic, pastels, and watercolor along with pottery and sculpture. He continues to expand his knowledge by attending workshops in various mediums which have been taught at the Art League. Bill has served as President , Director and Vice-President. He has been married to his wonderful wife Susan for 50 years and has 3 children and 7 wonderful grandchildren. He broadens his life experiences through lots of travel around the United States and to other countries, most recently to India and China. Bill feels that “art is an expression of life and should be experienced in some way by every person”. Bill’s exhibits his work at the Victoria Art League, 905 South Bridge in the Harold Nichols Gallery.