William Cochran

William Cochran creates public artworks in paint, glass, masonry, bronze, steel, and light. These projects frequently engage the community directly in the creative process. They explore local history and the meaning of place in ways that illuminate common ground.

The artworks are carefully woven into their social and architectural environments, yet they retain a strong sense of the human hand. They are timeless, detailed and multi-layered. William and his partner Teresa work with a wide range of collaborating artists and architects, as well as government, private, community-based and non-profit organizations to develop and implement these projects. His public artworks in Frederick, Maryland helped that city win the Great American Main Street Award from the National Trust for Historic Preservation in 2005.

He is one of a handful of living artists adept at the difficult, mind-bending Renaissance perspective technique of anamorphic projection, which creates astonishing illusions of depth when viewed at an angle.

His most current project, The Dreaming, can be found on the side of the old Francis Scott Key Hotel in downtown Frederick on West Patrick Street. His mastery of texture and light illuminates this spectacular installation, particularly in the evening hours.

McGuire Fine Arts proudly hosted local legend William Cochran’s first ever solo art exhibition in August of 2007. We continue to carry his Community Bridge limited edition fine art prints as well as glass and weavings from The Dreaming. If you have any questions about ordering or installation, please don’t hesitate to contact us! We try to keep this website as up to date as possible with what is in the gallery, but if something is on this site and not on the gallery premises, we can place a special order for you.