Bill has been building one of the countries largest collections of pre-historic pottery for more than 35 years. This great collector of antiquity is also a fine artisan himself who has reproduced his collection for you . These replica pots and bowls are collected by folks all over the world. Bill has made more than 6000 replica pots in the last 35 years and continues too at the young age of 80.  Freeman is also a wonderful oil painter and has mentored many up and coming.  He was born of artist parents in North Carolina. After his father died suddenly, Bill's mother took her four small children to West Texas. Bill grew up spending as much time as he could outdoors. After he finished with school and the Army, Bill worked for cattle and dude ranches all over the West for a period of ten years. Then there were two very important years with the Arizona Game and Fish Department, aiding the biologists with their wildlife research, and sometimes illustrating their publications. With their encouragement, Bill finally devoted his energies to painting full time.
Bill's love of nature is unbounded, with a preference for rugged mountains and their companions, the desert flora and fauna, the dry washes, the mauve distances of terrain, the unruly outcroppings, big skies and tantalizing colors. He is well known for his colorful palette-knife paintings of the Western landscape. But Bill's boundless curiosity spurs him to create in many mediums, including reproduction Native American pottery and mixed media Western wall hangings. He has reproduced prehistoric Southwestern and Mexican pottery for museums around the country, including the Smithsonian. The reproductions he has created for Hueys Fine Art  are created from pieces in his personal collection or in private or museum collections and show Bill’s amazing attention to detail. Each piece retains the unique features of the original artifact (including chips, broken and re-glued fragments, charring, and paint loss). The works truly reflect the patina of objects that have been buried in the ground and dug up after hundreds of years.