Flying Eagle
Flying Eagle – This painting, featuring a bald eagle soaring through a green tinted sky is acrylic paints on a combination of stretched upholstery fabric
Each of these pieces is painted on stretched upholstery fabric. The patterns you see in the background are from the designs in the fabric.
Flying Eagle – This painting, featuring a bald eagle soaring through a green tinted sky is acrylic paints on a combination of stretched upholstery fabric
A Burst of Blue – This one is a combo of acrylic paint on stretched upholstery fabric and epoxy clay, which is what the blue
Humming Along – I’m happy to present my County Collector piece for the 2025 County Studio Tour. This painting measures 6″x6″ and is acrylics on
Sunday Morning – My latest painting and captures our cat Toby Toblerone soaking up some Sunday morning sun, belly up and eyes slightly open to
“October (the Robin)” is a season out of sync, but I love the colors and October is my favorite month, so hopefully you don’t mind
Black-Capped and in the Lime Light – This black-capped chickadee painting measures 9″x12″ and is acrylics on stretched upholstery fabric. The fabric comes from some
Serene Swan – 9″x9″ on stretched upholstery fabric – the texture of the fabric almost feels like feathers. The painting comes in my handcrafted frames
Scarlet (The Cardinal) – This female cardinal posed so nicely out our backdoor. Her warm oranges and yellows popped so nicely against that cool, gray,
Pensive Pastures – My first painting ever of a horse, and he really came out amazing! Acrylics on stretched upholstery fabric that you can see
Into the Fishbowl – It’s been a while since I’ve painted a fish! Almost all of the paintings I paint on stretched on upholstery fabric
Cardinal Red – My latest painting continues a new experiment of painting with acrylics on both upholstery fabric and epoxy clay. Learning from some trouble
The Heist – I caught this squirrel stealing and snacking on the dying sunflower in our garden back in October. He was performing all kinds
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.