07/15/2025
William C. Ressler, A.W.S.
William C. Ressler was born on a farm in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. After three semesters majoring in Basic Engineering under the Army Reserve Training Program, he served in the Philippines with the 29th Engineers Topographic Battalion. Ressler then went on to major in Illustration for four years and graduated from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
As a freelance illustrator in Philadelphia for forty years, Ressler worked with a variety of publishing, advertising, corporate, and architectural clients. Since 1976, he has produced a number of limited edition prints from his paintings, which have been used by private and corporate clients, as well as for specially commissioned projects. Ressler is also a graduate of the Philadelphia Biblical University, and his drawings and paintings of Biblical themes have been published internationally.
He has been represented by Ocean Galleries in Avalon and Stone Harbor, New Jersey; William Ris Galleries in Stone Harbor; and Newman Galleries in Philadelphia. For nearly thirty years, Ressler has exhibited in the Stone Harbor Art Show. His usual procedure for commissioned projects involves going on-site to make sketches, take photos, produce a sketch for approval, and proceed with the final painting. Often, limited edition prints are produced under his supervision for special gifts.
