William Yenkevich paints in the Traditional Realist Style using the academic approach of the Old Masters of the 15th thru 17th centuries.
        He is one of those rare talented individuals who is entirely self-taught. Like a singer born with perfect pitch, he is gifted with an innate understanding of form, color, design, perspective and proportion. His ability to then translate his perceptions, utilizing the visual language of classical painting, is flawless. Light is his muse and the Old Masters no doubt his inspiration. With his meticulously crafted form with highlights and shadows, he illuminates each painting with his use of optical grays and subtle glazes. There is a certain intimacy and pastoral ease in Yenkevich's paintings. For in his world he promotes order, clarity, pureness, perfection, and passion.
        His paintings and drawings have been exhibited in many solo and group exhibitions in galleries and museums throughout the United States and abroad, including the Federal Building in New York City; The Salmagundi Club in New York City; The American Artist’s Professional League in New York City; The American Artist Gallery in Wayne, PA and Santa Fe, New Mexico; The Morgan Gallery of Fine Art in Blakeslee, PA; the Louisa Melrose Gallery in Frenchtown, NJ; the Afa Gallery in Scranton; the Carroll Siple Gallery in Denver, Colorado; College Misericordia in Dallas, PA; the Scanticon/Princeton Convention Center; Bloomsburg University in Bloomsburg, PA; Reading Public Musum in Reading, PA; and the Pennsylvania State University/Hazleton Campus in Hazleton, PA.
        In addition, his work is in many private, public and corporate collections, including Pennsylvania State University/Hazleton Campus, Sargent Art Corp., in Hazleton, PA., Markle Gallery of the Hazleton Art League in Hazleton, PA. and College Misericordia in Dallas, PA.
        Mr. Yenkevich is the recipient of numerous awards and honors such as the Allied Artists of America Award (83rd AAPL Grand National Exhibition) Frank C. Wright Jr. Medal of Honor (79th AAPL Grand National Exhibition) and the Silver Medal of Honor (Audubon Artists National Exhibition) as well as a Finalist Winner in American Art Magazine,

Artist Magazine, Manhatten Arts International Magazine and Art

Crowd Magazine Art Competitions.
        Mr. Yenkevich has been also featured in many National and International publications such as: Best of Worldwide Still Life Artists, American Artist Magazine, Artist Magazine, International Artist Magazine, Art Crowd Magazine, The Collector’s Issue; The Still Life - American Artist, Manhatten Arts International Magazine and a book authored by M. Steven Doherty editor-in-chief of American Artist Magazine entitled “Creative Oil Painting”.
        He is a member of the following professional organizations; The American Society of Traditional Realism (ASTA);

www.astartists.com,

The American Artist’s Professional League (Fellow Member) NYC; www.americanartistsprofessionalleague.org,

The Salmagundi Club NYC;

 www.salmagundi.org/

The International Guild Of Realism;

www.realismguild.com/ 

and the

International Society of Realism;

www.realistpainters.net/Pages/default.aspx
        William Michael Yenkevich is represented by the Barnstone Gallery in Phoenixville, PA.
        Now residing in Hazleton, PA, in 1973 he attended the Columbus College of Art & Design in Columbus, Ohio majoring in Illustration. He is mostly self-taught in the traditional realist style. Since 1975 he’s been doing Independent Study and research on Old Master Painting, Drawing Techniques and Fine Art Restoration.