Name: Bill Niland (aka Big Boy)
Job Description / Skills: Business Owner, Artist , Author
Where Artist Grew Up: Lindenhurst, Long Island, New York
Where Artist Now Resides: New Port Richey, Florida since 1986.
How many years Airbrushing: Since 1978, one of the original pioneers.
Favorite Airbrush or Spray gun: Paasche VL , VGR, Eagle Talon, double action airbrushes, and HVLP Auto spray guns.
Favorite things to Paint: Sea Life ,Cartoon stuff and realistic scenic painting.
Hobbies other than Art work: Body Building . member of the 20" arm club. Muscle Cars and Hot Rods. Computer games.
E-mail: airbrushing@yahoo.com
Favorite Quote: "Failure is not a dead end, but rather a detour."
Comments: Bill has painted and airbrushed on just about everything known to man and is extremely diversified in all levels of art. He has been a master instructor in airbrushing for over 32 years and has been an independent professional since 1978. He loves his work and the joy it gives others.
Tampa Bay’s Most Popular Airbrush Artist, Bill Niland
(Big Boy Airbrush Co.)
Bill Niland was born in Amityville, Long Island, New York in January of 1960. As early as first grade, Bill was drawing and winning awards throughout all of his elementary school years in projects displaying his artistic talents. At 16 he had a passion for cars, as do most young men. He then began to combine his talent and love of art, with his love for cars. Throughout his high school years he spent most of his time doing cartooning and playing around with automotive paint projects.
By the age of 18 he was popular in his hometown of Lindenhurst New York, as an automotive pin-striper and airbrush artist. Upon graduating high school, Bill expanded his talent and was all self taught in the following fields: Hand Painted Pin-striping, Airbrush Art, Glass Etching, Lettering, Signs, and Wall Murals.
Bill had many accounts in car dealerships for pin-striping, as well as, accounts with glass and mirror companies for artistic glass etching. He quickly became popular among the show car circuits. Bill enjoyed a life doing what he loved and getting paid for it. There was one thing that was missing in Bill's life in New York, his other desire and passion for the tropics!
In the spring of 1986 at the age of 26, Bill moved his family to New Port Richey, Florida, where he still resides to this day. Upon moving here, he quickly established himself as a prominent leader in the artistic Custom Automotive World here in Tampa Bay Florida. He became well known and sought after by automotive & Motorcycle enthusiasts for his incredible ability to produce outstanding photo quality artistic murals.
He airbrushes with great proficiency in all areas of airbrushing. His airbrush techniques in automotive, motorcycles, Interior and Exterior wall murals, from cartoon to photo realism illustration, is renowned among his peers.
He can be reached at 727-514-3300 or by E-Mail at: airbrushing@yahoo.com