Will Pope, born in Fort Worth, Texas in 1965, is a third-generation painter. He began his painting career while working at the Bedford Schoolhouse in New York in 1989, working in the company of artists Stephanie Clifton and cartoon film artist Ralph Bakshi (Fritz the Cat.). From 1990-1996 he lived and painted amidst a host of Taos, New Mexico artists, including Agnes Martin, Larry Bell, Ron Cooper, R.C. Gorman, Jim Wagner, and his longtime friend and roommate, Wes Mills. Pope went on to earn a Fine Arts degree at the University of New Mexico, focusing on painting and photography, and participated in two solo and sixteen group exhibitions from 1990-1996.

Pope made his first films with writer/director Ian McCrudden in Taos, New Mexico (Baptizumseen, Trailer-The Movie) from 1991-1994, and was hired as a writer/producer in Hollywood. He worked with several ‘A – list’ actors as a screenwriter until 1999, and returned to Santa Fe for a one-man show of paintings entitled ‘Train to Nairobi,’ at the Santa Fe Armory. Pope continued to paint and show with the Skeleton Art Gallery in Santa Fe, and produced work for another single-person exhibition (Horse With Bather Series) in 2002.

After publishing the children’s book A Horse Called Jupiter, Pope wrote, produced and directed a children’s feature production by the same name, featuring seventeen hand-carved puppets. (Dallas, Texas.)  See ahorsecalledjupiter.com.

His artworks have been acquired widely in North America, to include the University of New Mexico permanent print collection, and the National Gallery of Mexico at Queretaro.

Pope is a full-time painter, and owns a company featuring his original designs in concrete furniture, countertops, and home element design.  He has completed an original screenplay for a major motion picture to be produced in 2006-07 in Cuba, and maintains other works-in-progress.