(1927 - 2012) A resident of both Scottsdale, Arizona, and Jackson, Wyoming, Bill (William) Edward Freeman was raised by artist parents. For twelve years, he worked as a cowboy and then fought forest fires for the U.S. Forest Service. Later, he worked as a trail guide and helped to conduct biological field research for the Arizona Game and Fish Department which began publishing his sketches. Although he had never intended to become an artist, Freeman had his first art show when he was seventeen years old. The best of both worlds is one way to describe Bill Freeman's life because he lived in warm Scottsdale, Arizona, during the winter months and moved to his other home in Jackson, Wyoming, when summer arrived. In both places, he painted and sculpted, transferring to canvas or metal realistic depictions of western landscapes and animals. Freeman had seen the West as few people have – from the life of a cowboy to big game hunting. His canvases and bronze sculptures reflect an honesty and respect for what the artist felt for place and time. Freeman is known for landscape, wildlife, and western genre painting. Bill Freeman’s work is included in numerous publications, among them The Cowboy in Art, Contemporary Western Artists, Western Painting Today and Outdoor Arizona.