Will's oil paintings are not about the breathtaking vistas or conventional beauty standards, but more about the intimate relationship one has when interacting with the surroundings. To him, it is more important to capture the sense of place than being bogged down with photographic detail. When painting, Will sets about on a journey to capture the emotion of a place at a specific moment in time. Will's mantra is: “ Anything can be technically painted well, but if it does not have emotion, if it does not convey the connection I feel with the subject, it's going to get scraped.”One way Will has been able to capture this emotional bond is to paint directly from the source, in plein air. There, he is able to find the truth. After majoring in illustration at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, he quickly evolved towards impressionistic realism. Big Sky country Montana has become the perfect place where he is able to observe the nature and the wildlife, and to try to share his love of it.