Williams, 73, has been an artist since 1973, when he started to do stained glass work. Since then, he has created and sold multiple paintings, stained glass pieces and painted glass pieces.

Buried in the list of gifts that Williams finally divulged on Monday is this item, tweeted to the world by WHYY’s Bobby Allyn: Favorite @DASethWilliams disclosure: oil painting of Seth Williams.

Williams — before leaving town for a University of Delaware post — helped define the identity of that gallery, which closed last fall after 13 years of pushing contemporary art in Detroit.

Although Williams likes to dabble in arts of all kinds, his passion for street chalk painting has grown to be his favorite since his father-in-law first introduced him to the Italian street ...