About Micheal
The work is all about light / Painting is a spiritual process connecting me to the world / The paintings are impressions of the particular. Water spilling reflections across the surfaces of silent wetlands. Unique moments in time. Individual meditative moments, quiet places that neither reveal themselves easily, nor ask anyone to specifically to come there
still have a few winter ideas that are burning a hole in the back of my head looking for daylight, but inbetween them becoming paintings, working out new ways to see georgian bay 0 pared down to visual essentials / … Continue reading →
speaking like a person addicted to life could use a couple of hours tacked onto each day after coming to grips with so much winterlight in my head i need to get out that i am painting across spring (not … Continue reading →
in working ideas from around the city have come upon an ongoing series involving the backyard panther, being spotted stalking the laneways and side streets and who knows where else he may turn up. sunlit soliloquy staged by backyard … Continue reading →
the idea is it is raining leaves all around you while walking a short side trail from McCrae lake to where it opened up to a narrow fjord like slit that is either Mcdonald lake or river on one of … Continue reading →
from our time in the east coast one of my larger wTercolours got accepted into the CSPWC “Canadian Waters online Online Juried Exhibition” knockout glad the judges saw enough merit in “working harbour mill cove nova scotia” to … Continue reading →
in a year in which we aren’t doing as many outdoor shows as we used to, have had wonderful consistent success with our entries into the art societies we are members of. iin what i hope isn’t a tired routine, … Continue reading →
got really really really good news that ‘moon on the pond’ (2) was juried into the 2026 SCA Open International Online Juried Exhibition / so glad the judges saw enough merit in my watercolour to want to include it in … Continue reading →
after doing more staring at this piece than working on it, worked out a few details and got the move and dip to move and dip within the infinity ring slow waves, taking all day to to float back … Continue reading →
i know where the time went no complaints whatsoever looking back thru the fun exploring experimenting with new colours to befriend new directions new ideas many of which are posted on the website and i have no interest to stop … Continue reading →
found myself involved in a ‘commission’ of sorts – rarely do them for a host of sound reasons – broke it down to levels of understanding worked it up to being done, sent off, delivered, and no reason not to … Continue reading →