Bill Braden was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1958. He moved to Hawaiʻi in 1970 (Kailua High ʻ75). Bill studied at the Royal Academy of Arts in London in 1976 and received a BA from the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, Rhode Island and Rome, Italy in 1980. Even thought Bill studied at these top art schools he feels it was painting on location in Hawaiʻi that taught him to be a land and seascape master. His first exhibition was called "Lanikai Perspectives" at a Kailua gallery in 1978.
Best known for having been commissioned to paint "The Best Beaches of Hawaiʻi" Braden was selected from over 200 applicants nationwide by the City and County of Honolulu for this percent-for-art project. Reproductions of this series and many other images of Hawaiʻi are distributed through dozens of galleries and stores on the major Hawaiian Islands, as well as on the mainland USA. Specializing in public scale work, he creates originals in oil, pastels, stone and metal. His mission: Creating art that celebrates Godʻs glory. In 2009, Bill Braden Artist Company received the "John Kelly Environmental Award" from Surfrider Foundation Oʻahu Chapter for the companyʻs work with helping our world through art.
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