Roses Unframed Painting

From his studio in Massachusetts and flourishing garden in Argentina, Michael creates a special sort of alchemy, transferring the perfectly imperfect abundance of nature into earth-based pigment mixed with oil spread across a canvas. 

Though he received his first kit of oil painting at age ten, his professional path began at nineteen in a series of apprenticeships along the Midwest, and culminated at the Water Street Atelier in New York City. And while he attained notoriety in the field of portraiture with a grand prize granted by NYC Entrepeneur, his devotion is to the art of still life.

His work is primarily an engagement with what it means to be human in the midst of a world of created order, rich with emotion and a thousand, subtle layers of color to allow light into the piece. When you see this particular painting of white roses, know it began with a quiet walk through his garden, and a basket of blooms still sprinkled with that morning’s dew.