Will Fleishell is a traditionalist painter, sculptor, picture engraver, and printmaker. He studied art at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and art and anatomy at George Washington University.

Will worked for the US Bureau of Engraving for 34 years, working through a ten-year apprenticeship (longest apprenticeship in North America) and progressing to Senior Picture Engraver. He created countless tiny works of art for paper currency, postage stamps, and other official US materials. One of his more high profile projects was the portrait of Abraham Lincoln on the $5 bill.

Will is a locally beloved art educator, teaching numerous adult classes in drawing and painting at CHAW, the Hill Center, and Waterfront Village.

Will is a native Washingtonian and a seventh-generation Capitol Hill/Navy Yard resident . His works of art can be found across the city and especially on Capitol Hill. He lives in the neighborhood and keeps a studio nearby CHAW at Archibald Walk.