"I’m a designer. And a photographer. Central Illinois has been my frame of reference for a lifetime. My well-seen perspective provides me an intimate notion of the artfulness of this region, quintessentially mid-western,” says Wilson. He was a medical and generalist photographer, executive writer, and communication specialist in the health care and library science fields for 36 years - frequently working with other photographers, graphic designers, advertising agencies, news crews and reporters. He cut steel in a foundry for a decade and drove a truck for a time. Wilson is a graduate of the fine arts program at Illinois Central College, “Forty years ago now,” says Wilson. "I was lucky. It was an extraordinary assemblage of delightfully crazy and gifted artist-educators. They provided a remarkable foundation." Wilson is a graduate of the University of Illinois and a juried Illinois Artisan for Photography - Illinois State Museum.