William Kincaid

Who is William Kincaid?

William Kincaid was formerly known nationally in the entertainment trade as a costume designer, and after leaving the costume business in 1990, has been working to become locally known as an artist creating pet paintings in brilliant colors on large canvases. He has listed as major influences 1960s psychedelia, surrealism and Pop Art; Andy Warhol, Peter Max, Salvador Dalí, and other less-known genre artists. Although the medium, acrylics on canvas, has been consistent throughout his painting career, his painting style has varied throughout a limited body of work.

Kincaid's first employment in an art field was in 1974, working as a custom motorcycle artist at "Buzz's Psycles" of Chamblee, Georgia. He painted restorations of classic British bikes such as the Bonnevilles and Trophies built in the middle and late 1960s by Triumph Motorcycles and did customization work as well. He left Georgia in 1977.

From 1977 through 1989, he made thousands of costumes, also drawing and painting costume designs and various commercial graphics projects, in partnership with his brother Doug Kincaid. Bill Kincaid often participated in every step from the initial drawings, patterns and materials selection through the final cutting and assembly. Non-costume-related projects included props for numerous TV commercials, promotions, and industrial films; board games, coloring books, and logos. Kincaid also created puppets, scenery and props for local children's television shows D. B.'s Delight and Gator Tales, and remodels of sets for Six Flags attractions.