William J. Schaff Jr. is an artist and musician based in Warren , Rhode Island and Oakland , California . He is known for artwork for the bands Okkervil River , Songs : Ohia , Godspeed You ! Black Emperor , and The Mighty Mighty Bosstones . <!--Untagged (23Jan08): -- -- confirmed sources from Boston Globe, Austin Chronicle, -- and Artscope Magazine 2007. --> Much of Schaff 's art deals with death and loss , as well as the consequences of , and responses to , human violence . Stories from the Old Testament and scenes from The Holocaust are recurrent in his art . Schaff works in paintings , drawings , collages , scratchboards , mail art , motion pictures , and comics . A graduate of the Maryland Institute College of Art , Schaff has exhibited and lectured at numerous institutions , including the United States Air Force Academy , the Rhode Island School of Design , Amherst College , and East Carolina University
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