Carrington, William

William Carrington

William Carrington received a bachelor of fine arts degree from Southwest Texas State University in 1989. He worked for several years as a production artist at Giles Design Studio in San Antonio, where he later did freelance production work for various studios. He attended Trinity University, where he earned a master of arts in teaching degree. He went on to teach elementary education for thirteen years and later elementary art. After much contemplation and long conversations with his wife, the artist Caroline Korbell Carrington, he decided to pursue sculpture full time. He currently is entering the fourteenth year in this endeavor and has realized that sculpting is what he was meant to do.

William Carrington is an avid lifelong outdoorsman. Coming from a ranching family, he spent a great deal of time hunting and fishing. Over the years, he has gained in-depth knowledge of wildlife and wildlife behavior. In his work, he captures the gestural qualities of animals. Carrington also spent years in the outdoors, cleaning and butchering game. He states, "By butchering game, one gains a keen knowledge of the animal's physical characteristics and muscular structure." He puts this knowledge into his work, striving to depict the animal's movement from within. He currently works out of his studio at home in San Antonio, Texas.