William Monje has been a professional artist all of his life. He

attended the Arizona School of Art in Phoenix where he was a

student of the master portrait and figure painter Jo Rogozon.

William began practicing art professionally by painting portraits

and illustrating commercially, but soon discovered his career was

in scenic art and set design for the stage where, among other

things, he painted numerous backdrops of considerable size. In

Phoenix he was art director for the Arizona State Fairgrounds for

over a decade where he also designed commercial displays and

painted murals, mostly landscapes. During that same period he also

served as set designer and/or technical director and/or scenic artist

for several community theatres and organizations including The

Phoenix Little Theatre, The Arizona Repertory Theatre, The

Eventually he moved to Los Angeles, mostly to pursue a career as a fine artist and writer.

While continuing to work as a set designer and scenic artist, expanding some into TV and

movies, he soon discovered his fine art, predominately erotic art, was well received, which is

how he eventually made his living for the last couple of decades of his career. Over the

course of that period he has sold his work to private collectors and dealers from all over the

Due to failing health he pretty much retired from that career. In the last few years, however,

after suffering a near-fatal heart attack, he has established a new lease on life thanks to a heart

transplant. At present he has returned to painting, mostly landscapes, and is selling limited

edition giclée prints of his work online.