As a 1980 grad­u­ate of The Rin­gling School of Art and Design, Bill Farnsworth has spent more than forty years as an illus­tra­tor and fine artist. Born in Nor­walk, Con­necti­cut in 1958, Bill spent most of his life in New Mil­ford, Con­necti­cut paint­ing land­scapes of the rur­al area, while sup­port­ing him­self and fam­i­ly with his grow­ing illus­tra­tion career. His paint­ings have appeared in many nation­al shows, muse­ums, and pri­vate col­lec­tions through­out the Unit­ed States. Bill cur­rent­ly lives in Venice, Flori­da with his wife, Debbie.