Born March 28, 1962, in Reading, Pennsylvania, Schmehl graduated from Pennsylvania School of Art and Design, Lancaster, in 1984. He is a Student Founder of that institution and taught there as an adjunct Instructor of Book Illustration for five years during the mid 1990’s. Today, he continues to train himself in anatomy and the artistic disciplines and studies the works of his artistic heroes such as Howard Pyle, N.C. Wyeth, Norman Rockwell, Edouard DeTaille, Tom Lovell and many others. Brad has been focusing almost exclusively on Civil War subjects since 1995, although some recent projects have him branching out into the Revolutionary War period as well as the contemporary “Christian Cowboy” market. At present his work can be seen in more than 300 galleries in this country alone. Although he self-publishes certain of his works, most of his work is published by Somerset House Publishing, Inc. of Houston, Texas.
