William Paul Thomas is a visual artist and educator based in Durham, North Carolina.  His work is centered on making images to record his life experiences and to capture idiosyncratic depictions of love and adversity. For two decades he has created intimate painted portraits of everyday people. In 2009 he completed a Bachelor of Fine Art degree in Studio Art at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater and in 2013 he became an alumnus of UNC-Chapel Hill’s Master of Fine Art Program.  He is currently the Visiting Assistant Professor of Painting Foundations at Guilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina.