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Michael Carson    (American)

 Michael Carson - Bather (Sculptures) h: 22 x w: 6 x d: 7 in / h: 55.9 x w: 15.2 x d: 17.8 cm
Michael Carson
Bather
 
 Michael Carson - Blue Window (Paintings)
Michael Carson
Blue Window
 
 Michael Carson - Learning the Changes (Paintings) h: 28 x w: 22 in / h: 71.1 x w: 55.9 cm
Michael Carson
Learning the Changes
 
 Michael Carson - Stripes (Paintings) h: 20 x w: 16 in / h: 50.8 x w: 40.6 cm
Michael Carson
Stripes
 
  

Biography
Mike Carson is a Minneapolis painter, and graduate of the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, whose artwork can be found in private and corporate collections throughout the United States. Influenced by the paintings of Toulouise Loutrec, John Singer Sargent, Norman Rockwell, Malcolm Liepke, and Milt Kobayashi, Michael Carson is primarily a figurative Artist who likes to tell a story. His figures usually find themselves in bars, nightclubs, cafes, and jazz clubs; even at home in intimate settings. His volition is to emphasize relationships of color and light and allow the texture of his brush stroke to move a viewer’s eye through the art.
Artist Statement: My work is first and foremost figurative studies. It's what I like to paint, my biggest challenge and my greatest payoff. My nondescript surroundings help me create a mood or a story that I am trying to relay through my painting. Inspiration comes from architectural interiors as well as fashion and my work allows me to explore and explain this side of myself. Seeing how the work evolves, the subtle and the drastic differences, and looking forward to the future is what keeps me painting. I view a painting as a success when I take from it something new that follows me into my next work. It's just about learning to become a better painter.
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