Born in Alabama, William Willis grew up in the South spending his formative years in Florida. He received an MFA in painting from the University of South Florida, Tampa. Willis' work derives from an assortment of influences including psychology, poetry, primal and eastern philosophies and, especially, a communion with nature through outdoor activities and observations.

Palacios received his MFA in Ceramics at Alfred State University, Alfred New York. Palacios' imagery is derived from a wide variety of historical sources selected by the artist, sometimes enlarged, stretched, distorted, and otherwise altered, which are converted into ceramic decals, and then cut and spliced into unique arrangements. His collages are a confounding blur of spirituality and science,technology and nature, ugliness and beauty. Its disparate relatives are found in Roman Mosaics, Surrealist exquisite-corpse drawings, and the collaged engravings of Bruce Conner--all attempts to piece together material and image with a desire to create poetry or narrative.

Vince Palacios, "The First 100 Years in Three Movements: the Creation, the Fall and the Birth of Mythology," clay tiles, decals, 6' x 18', 2004