Jerome, AZ
Rock-A-My Soul. 24"w x 36" h. Oil on canvas. Rugged, steep terrain in this old mining town, with many man made buildings, colors, and people are the inspiration for this painting.
Rock-A-My Soul. 24"w x 36" h. Oil on canvas. Rugged, steep terrain in this old mining town, with many man made buildings, colors, and people are the inspiration for this painting.
Gelato Ribbons
Colorful abstract with wavy shapes in brilliant colors of red, green and blue
Dimensions: 24.00" x 29.99"
Price: $700.00
Colorful abstract with wavy shapes in brilliant colors of red, green and blue
Dimensions: 24.00" x 29.99"
Price: $700.00
August Garden
a cool feeling closeup of a lush garden in late summer
Dimensions: 30.00" x 24.00"
Price: $800.00
a cool feeling closeup of a lush garden in late summer
Dimensions: 30.00" x 24.00"
Price: $800.00
Artist’s Statement
I first started painting with watercolors in a few college courses, but my artistic growth was suspended for several decades due to Army draft, career, marriage, and children. Since my retirement in 2009 I have been able to develop my abilities in painting with oils on canvas.
When I discovered abstract painting via a Des Moines Art Center class, I realized I had found my favorite mode of artistic expression. I love the freedom of playing with form, line, color, and texture to create vibrant paintings which are visually appealing to me and, hopefully, others.
My ideas for what to paint come largely from elements in the outdoors. That includes sky, land, rocks, trees, mountains, leaves, shadows, all of nature! Wherever I go I take cell phone photos for potential ideas for a painting.
In this phase of life I’ve found that painting with oil on canvas brings meaning and pleasure to my life. Having this year made Palm Springs, CA my home, I like my style and I don’t plan on holding back!
I first started painting with watercolors in a few college courses, but my artistic growth was suspended for several decades due to Army draft, career, marriage, and children. Since my retirement in 2009 I have been able to develop my abilities in painting with oils on canvas.
When I discovered abstract painting via a Des Moines Art Center class, I realized I had found my favorite mode of artistic expression. I love the freedom of playing with form, line, color, and texture to create vibrant paintings which are visually appealing to me and, hopefully, others.
My ideas for what to paint come largely from elements in the outdoors. That includes sky, land, rocks, trees, mountains, leaves, shadows, all of nature! Wherever I go I take cell phone photos for potential ideas for a painting.
In this phase of life I’ve found that painting with oil on canvas brings meaning and pleasure to my life. Having this year made Palm Springs, CA my home, I like my style and I don’t plan on holding back!
Navajo
Abstract with some reality of a fictitious Southwestern landscape
Dimensions: 22.00" x 28.00"
Price: $700.00
Abstract with some reality of a fictitious Southwestern landscape
Dimensions: 22.00" x 28.00"
Price: $700.00
Artist Background
Education
College of Charleston, Charleston, SC 2 years
University of Georgia, 4 years, Bachelor of Landscape Architecture
Numerous drawing and painting courses at the Des Moines Art Center, Iowa
Exhibitions
2026 Cathedral City Festival of the Arts/exhibitor
2025-6 TGIF Art Show/Tool Shed/Palm Springs, CA/exhibitor 6 times
2026 Palm Springs Art Center/Palm Springs, CA/Mid-Century Modern Art show/ exhibitor
2024 Galen Art Center/Artists Council/Palm Desert, CA/Wrap it up Art Show/exhibitor
2022 Des Moines Art Week/Architect Art Crawl/OPN Architects Office/Exhibitor
2021, 2019,2018/Des Moines ArtFest MidWest
2020, 2016, 2015,2013 Des Moines/Iowa Exhibited/Polk County Heritage Art Gallery/selected exhibitor at juried Art Show
2017 Plymouth Church Gallery/Des Moines, IA/Exhibitor
Education
College of Charleston, Charleston, SC 2 years
University of Georgia, 4 years, Bachelor of Landscape Architecture
Numerous drawing and painting courses at the Des Moines Art Center, Iowa
Exhibitions
2026 Cathedral City Festival of the Arts/exhibitor
2025-6 TGIF Art Show/Tool Shed/Palm Springs, CA/exhibitor 6 times
2026 Palm Springs Art Center/Palm Springs, CA/Mid-Century Modern Art show/ exhibitor
2024 Galen Art Center/Artists Council/Palm Desert, CA/Wrap it up Art Show/exhibitor
2022 Des Moines Art Week/Architect Art Crawl/OPN Architects Office/Exhibitor
2021, 2019,2018/Des Moines ArtFest MidWest
2020, 2016, 2015,2013 Des Moines/Iowa Exhibited/Polk County Heritage Art Gallery/selected exhibitor at juried Art Show
2017 Plymouth Church Gallery/Des Moines, IA/Exhibitor
Excelsior
abstract painting with vivid and vibrant curving shapes that make the viewer happy
30.00" x 24.00" x 1.50" x 3.00 lb
$800.00
abstract painting with vivid and vibrant curving shapes that make the viewer happy
30.00" x 24.00" x 1.50" x 3.00 lb
$800.00
The Great Outdoors
Abstract of landscape, hinting of rolling farmland or other landscapes
Dimensions: 22.00" x 28.00"
Price: $700.00
Abstract of landscape, hinting of rolling farmland or other landscapes
Dimensions: 22.00" x 28.00"
Price: $700.00
FABRIC
colorful stack of discarded clothing. oil on canvas 24x30"
Dimensions: 30.00" x 24.00"
Price: $800.00
colorful stack of discarded clothing. oil on canvas 24x30"
Dimensions: 30.00" x 24.00"
Price: $800.00
Heat
Heat. 24"w x 36"h. Oil on canvas.
Lot of warm colors over dark spaces. Much red
Heat. 24"w x 36"h. Oil on canvas.
Lot of warm colors over dark spaces. Much red
Tropical Fantasy
Tropical Fantasy, Formerly "My Favorite Colors." 30" x 30" Oil on canvas.
Primary colors and tropical colored waters and fantasy creatures inspired by organic shapes in nature.
30.00" x 30.00" x 3.00" x 2.00 lb
$600.00
Tropical Fantasy, Formerly "My Favorite Colors." 30" x 30" Oil on canvas.
Primary colors and tropical colored waters and fantasy creatures inspired by organic shapes in nature.
30.00" x 30.00" x 3.00" x 2.00 lb
$600.00
Placid Serenity
calming, flowing abstract art with cool color tones, this painting has a good quality black wooden frame and makes the entire composition dramatic.
30.00" x 24.00" x 2.00" x 10.00 lb
$1200.00
calming, flowing abstract art with cool color tones, this painting has a good quality black wooden frame and makes the entire composition dramatic.
30.00" x 24.00" x 2.00" x 10.00 lb
$1200.00
Michael is an artist whose work can be described as sensual, if not sexual, and turbulent in a busy world of forms and colors, much like what we experience daily--not chaotic, but urgent. The work is noisy, bold, and makes us think of periods and artists, particularly from 20th Century art history. The unfurling, unraveling, the twisting and interwovenness of nature, the inner and outer spaces and forms are inviting because we know those ideas. The color and tone make us work to find theses concepts.
Michael in this phase of his life has found that painting with oil brings meaning and pleasure to his life. In Iowa and in Palm Springs, CA, he has developed his style and doesn't plan on holding back.
Michael in this phase of his life has found that painting with oil brings meaning and pleasure to his life. In Iowa and in Palm Springs, CA, he has developed his style and doesn't plan on holding back.
Education
College of Charleston 2 years
University of Georgia 4 years, Bachelor of Landscape Architecture
Numerous drawing and painting courses at the Des Moines Art Center
College of Charleston 2 years
University of Georgia 4 years, Bachelor of Landscape Architecture
Numerous drawing and painting courses at the Des Moines Art Center
