The Peacock: All Eyes on You
The Peacock: All Eyes on You – Acrylics on stretched upholstery fabric. The painting measures 19.5″x27.5″ in my handcrafted frame. This piece will be available
Each of these pieces is painted on stretched upholstery fabric. The patterns you see in the background are from the designs in the fabric.
The Peacock: All Eyes on You – Acrylics on stretched upholstery fabric. The painting measures 19.5″x27.5″ in my handcrafted frame. This piece will be available
The Fawn – Me and my daughter had a chance encounter with this baby deer in our backyard back in the summer. I took the
For Spring Bull Gallery’s Annual Fakes and Forgeries Show, I have decided to paint my interpretation of Jamie Wyeth’s The Automaton. My rendition measures 13″x15″
Cascading Feathers – My latest painting and it is of peacock. It’s been a little while since I’ve painted one and they’re always so much
Autumn Joy – This is a beautiful painting of a pumpkin in a field with all the fall colors in full bloom. The painting is
Moonshot – This beautiful painting captures a goldfinch snacking on some sunflower seeds, with the goldfinch glancing towards the moon. Will that be his next
Go with the Flow (The Swan) – The painting is acrylic paints on stretched upholstery fabric and captures a beautiful swan gliding through a pond
Butterfly at Sunset – The painting is acrylic paints on stretched upholstery fabric and measures 22″x12″. It is framed in a handmade and hand-painted poplar
Sunflowers Revisited – I originally painted this piece in 2021, but recently went back into the painting, repainting the sunflowers completely, while also warming up
Red-Winged Blackbird – Me and my wife were walking along on a hiking trail and we spotted this pitch black bird with a shot of
Beavertail Lighthouse No. 3 – Acrylic paints on stretched upholstery fabric. It measures 11″x19″ in a handcrafted gold frame.
Standing Tall (Point Judith Light) – Acrylic paints on a combination of stretched upholstery fabric and epoxy clay. It measures 12″x27″ in a handcrafted gold
Michael is a painter mostly known for using acrylic paints on upholstery fabric. A process related to his mother being a furniture upholsterer and being around fabric in his formative years.
Michael often takes inspiration from staring at the abstract patterns of the fabric, much like one would stare at the clouds, and thinking, “What do I see?” This process often jump-starts his painting process.
Whether he paints a hummingbird or a lighthouse, the pattern of the fabric is always woven into the composition leaving the piece with a sense of whimsy and wonder.