Bill Krauss

Artist, illustrator, sculptor, and crazy birdhouse maker, who’s just trying to leave something behind that makes people smile. A lifelong Northeast Ohio native, he studied commercial design at Capital University and fine arts at the Ringling School of Art & Design. Over the years, his creative path has wandered through acrylic painting, pen and ink illustration, and now woodworking—each medium feeding the next. His painting roots still show up in his approach to color and detail, a style shaped by starting every canvas black to make the colors deeper and richer. Whether it’s a brush, pen, or saw in hand, his work carries the same goal: to craft something a little unexpected that brightens someone’s day.