Well known local Denver artist, Gary Michael created this pastel of a market place. The picture is 7" X 5". It is set in a lovely frame that is The overall size of the frame is 14" X 12". The original bill of sell is included. There is no date on the artwork or on the bill of sale. This item is in good condition and is in original frame.
Artist's Bio:Born and raised in Denver, Colorado, Gary Michael started drawing and painting as a child. Attending college on a tennis scholarship, he went on to earn multiple postgraduate degrees and become a university professor. Michael retired from the field of academia to pursue his passion for paint and canvas.
Although he continues to consider Denver his home, Michael divides his time between Colorado and such diverse locations as Mexico, Nepal and Europe, painting with oils and with pastels. He has earned acclaim as a mountain climber, published author and public speaker and is known to art collectors for his landscape painting, figurative painting, and botanic painting as well as still life.
ART EDUCATION
Individual instruction from:
Ned Jacob, Pawel Kontny, William Sharer, David Leffel, and Burt Silverman
Workshops attended:
Richard Schmid, Buffalo Kaplinski, Robert Wood, Sergei Bongart, & Mario Cooper
Work Featured in:
Books: 5
Periodicals: 13
American Artist
Art and Artists
Art Voices
Art West
Colorado Homes and Lifestyles
Colorado Quarterly
Craft Range
Denver Post
Palette Talk
Pastel Artist International
Revue
Rocky Mountain News
Southwest Art
Today's Art & Graphics
The Artist's Magazine
Tonal Values (North Light)
Learning from the Pros (Watson-Guptill)
One Hundred Great Pastel Tips (Batsford Ltd, London)
The Artist's Bible (Barnes & Noble)
The Encyclopedia of Drawing Techniques (Running Press)
Juried & Invitational Shows:
All Colorado Art Exhibition, Denver
Denver Botanic Gardens Exhibition, Denver
International Association of Pastel Societies, Denver
Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver
Museum of Fine Art, Colorado Springs, CO
Museum of the Hudson Highlands, Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY
Pastel Society of America, New York
Rocky Mountain National Park 75th Anniversary, Boulder, CO
Rocky Mountain Water Media, Golden, CO
WORKSHOPS AND CLASSES TAUGHT
Allied Artists of Nebraska, North Platte, NE
Art Students League, Denver
Camp Laforet, Carbondale, CO
Casa Feliz Workshops, Taos, NM
Colorado Institute of Art
Denver Art Museum
Emory and Henry College, VA
Flying Colors Workshops, Acapulco and Oaxaca, Mexico
Museum of Western History, Denver
Mendocino Art Center, CA
Oklahoma Speakers Association, Stroud, OK
Pastel Society of Texas, Dallas, TX
Pratt Community College, Pratt, KS
Rocky Mountain School of Design
Sedona Art Workshops, Sedona, AZ
Tulsa Art Association, Tulsa, OK
Wyoming Art Association, Casper, WY
WORK REPRODUCED BY
Drawings Lessons, Quarto, 03
Jannes Fine Art Publishing, Chicago--six images as prints
Leanin' Tree--three images on greeting cards
Model, Nederlandstalige, 03 (cover art).
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