William Entrekin

William Entrekin was born in Rome, Georgia in 1946, the son of mill workers. As a youth the family moved from mill town to mill town as work came and went for his parents. The two or three moves a year meant new schools and few friends. This solitude was fertile ground for his imagination and creativity that later in life would pour out into his work.

Entrekin works in egg tempera, oil and watercolor. His meticulous technique and strong composition elevate the common place objects and ordinary people he depicts and we take notice of the stillness of the captured moment.

William Entrekin's paintings have garnered an impressive list of collectors, among which are the Columbia Museum, Morris Museum, Georgia State Art Collection, corporate and private collections.

"When I look at a painting, I try to imagine myself inside it; breathing in it. When I can feel the crispness of the air and smell the trees and woods around me, then I know it's right!"

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Collections:
Morris Museum - Augusta, Ga.
Columbia Museum - Columbia, S.C.
Price Waterhouse Cotton States Insurance
Univ. of Ga. Review - Athens, Ga.
Marietta History Center - Marietta, Ga.
State of Georgia First Alabama Bank - Birmingham, Ala.
Gov. & Mrs. Carl Sanders
Gov. & Mrs. Joe Frank Harris
Bently Sellers Collection
E. Waldman Collection, Wilmette, IL.
Law firm of Troutman-Sanders - Atlanta, Ga.
Law firm of King & Spaulding - Atlanta, Ga.
Law firm of Kilpatrick-Cody - Atlanta, Ga.

Exhibitions:
Gusfield-Glimer Galleries - Northbrook, Illinois - December 2005
Chattahoochee Nature Center - Roswell, Georgia - June 1992
Columbia Museum - Columbia, South Carolina - May 1987
Office of the Governor, State of Georgia - 1984
Artist of Excellence Exhibit - High Museum - Atlanta, Georgia - 1984
The Wyeths and other First Families in American Art, Marietta - Cobb Fine Arts Center - 1982
Atlanta Artist Club
Fine Arts Club of Marietta
Sylacauga Art Show, Sylacauga, Alabama
Carrollton Art Show, Carrollton, Georgia
Kennesaw Art Exhibition
Watercolor Masters Exhibition, Atlanta, Georgia
Marietta Fine Arts CeReinhardt College - Waleska, Georgia - 1982
Kennesaw College - 1982 Winter - Marietta, Georgia - 1980
Richmond County Museum of Art - Augusta, Georgia - 1980
Gallery Seven - Atlanta, Georgia - 1978
Carrollton Federal Savings & Loan Assoc. - Carrollton, Georgia - April 1976
Dekalb College - November 1975
Desoto Gallery at the Desoto Hilton - Savannah, Georgia - December 1975
Augusta Museum of Natural History - Augusta, Georgia - December 1975
Grand Central Gallery - New York, N.Y. - 1975
Cherokee Town Club - 1975
Madison-Morgan Cultural Arts Center - Madison, Georgia - 1975
Group Exhibitions American Masters Exhibition (Marietta, Georgia) - 1973