 Michael
is an oil and pastel painter working in the American Southwest, coastal Maine
and the Canadian Maritimes. He also specializes in teaching small-size plein
air workshops in oil and pastel for the intermediate and advanced level painter and for painters desiring mentoring. Elected a Master Pastellist by Pastel Artists
Canada in 2008, he is a Signature Member of the Pastel Society of America
and a juried member of Oil Painters of America. He is the author of Backpacker
Painting: Outdoors with Oil & Pastel and Through a Painter's Brush:
A Year on Campobello Island. A long-time contributor to The Pastel
Journal and Contributing Editor for The Artist's Magazine, he lives and paints on Campobello
Island, New Brunswick, and in Sedona, Arizona. (Michael also teaches workshops in the summer in the Canadian Maritimes and Downeast Maine. Visit www.PaintCampobello.com for details. He also travels to teach. Visit the workshop schedule page of his website for details.)
Michael also has a large archive of tips and techniques for the plein air painter on his blog.
"Thank you for a wonderful mentoring painting experience. It was so much better than a workshop with a lot of students. I would definitely do this again." - Martha from Delaware |
