About Us

Bill Krul Gallery (formerly BackYard Card & Print Gallery) is
owned and operated by Bill and Jean Krul, both recent
retirees from the University of Rhode Island. Bill taught
and conducted
research in the Department of Plant
Science and Jean was a secretary at the Coastal
Resources Institute.

Bill had a life long passion for photography and
retirement provided the unique opportunity to fulfill this
dream. As a child Bill spent many hours alone building
huts, fishing and collecting stones in the fields, forests
and rivers near home. He considers this exposure to be
one of his most important learning experiences. Direct
interaction with the environment provided a learning
opportunity free of bias, prejudice, religion and politics.
Nature was and still  is a great teacher for Bill.

Bills photographic art pays homage to his early and
continuing experiences with the local environment. He
photographs what he knows best, the beaches, fields
and forests, ponds and rivers of southern RI. He has
been fortunate to travel and photograph in exotic
locations such as Brazil, Tuscany and Portugal and shares
some of these images in the gallery.

Our gallery space is shared by resident artists (Nancy
Saccicio, Ashlee O'Connor, Jesse Haskins, Jan Anthony
and Laureen Watjen). We also provide space for local
visiting artists on a monthly basis.