b.
Bartlesville, Oklahoma, 1951, has been an
artist, illustrator & designer for over
30 years. His first one-man exhibition of oil
paintings and watercolors was at Southern
Illinois University, Edwardsville where he
received his BA in 1973. His drawings,
paintings & sculptures have been
exhibited in galleries in St. Louis, MO,
Santa Fe, NM and San Francisco, CA as well as
exhibitions at Washington University, St.
Louis & the St. Louis Artists Guild. His
works are included in numerous personal
collections as well as the permanent
collections of Monsanto, Citicorp and the St.
Louis Zoo. Michael is a member of Missouri
Plein Air Painters Association and the
American Society of Architectural
Illustrators. In 2005 two of his oil
paintings were exhibited in the Gulf Coast
National exhibition sponsored by the Texas
Artists Museum in Port Arthur, TX. He was a
participant in the juried plein air event
Painting The Parks 2005 in Estes Park, CO.
His paintings were awarded Best of Show in
the GEAG annual exhibition in 2004 &
2005.
Artist
Statement
My best
experiences in making art have been working
outside in the sun at my easel, drawing board
or sketch book.
