Meet Michael Atkins
Biography
Genre, Styles And Mediums
Artist's Mission
For over 40 years Michael has made Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada his home though he was born and raised along with two siblings in a modest home in the Westboro neighbourhood of Ottawa, the nation's capital.
Michael's childhhood years were filled with outdoor adventures spent playing along the rocky and wooded shores of the Ottawa Ri
For over 40 years Michael has made Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada his home though he was born and raised along with two siblings in a modest home in the Westboro neighbourhood of Ottawa, the nation's capital.
Michael's childhhood years were filled with outdoor adventures spent playing along the rocky and wooded shores of the Ottawa River, just a stone's throw from home.
As a teen he continued his love of the outdoors as a summer camp counsellor teaching and engaging children with nature lore activities and canoing instruction.
Michael, as a young man, made his way across Canada to the Pacific North West and in particular to Vancouver, Canada's western most urban centre and jumping off point to so much of the legendarily stunning and beautifully rugged Pacific Coast scenery.
The unparalled beauty and raw natural energy of the Pacific West Coast has captured Michael's heart and soul and has become the main driving force and the inspiration behind his artistic accomplishments.
"I could never call another place home," Michael says, "where would I go, why would I leave?"
Artist's Mission
Genre, Styles And Mediums
Artist's Mission
Why do I paint?
My answer to myself is "I think I need to."
Talking about a place seems to fall short of the experience of being there whereas a painting, especially one created on location En Plien Air, will convey so much more at even a glance. And I only need once to paint that special place and time.
I have something to say and I am goi
Why do I paint?
My answer to myself is "I think I need to."
Talking about a place seems to fall short of the experience of being there whereas a painting, especially one created on location En Plien Air, will convey so much more at even a glance. And I only need once to paint that special place and time.
I have something to say and I am going to do that using colour and light, executing that is my art.
"Our world is wondrous to behold, the voice of art will forever remind us throughout the generations," (The second part of the answer to myself.)
And I want to share this colourful exciting voice with art lovers , collectors and artists alike.
So I am here to remind you to Include in your life the art that speaks to you through a vision of colour and light.
Genre, Styles And Mediums
Genre, Styles And Mediums
Genre, Styles And Mediums
Michael prefers painting his loose experpressionistic style of realism in oils on wood panels firstly and works regularily too on canvas and archival paper.
Painting En Plein Air is a passion and discipline; and a genre with which Michael has found great opportunities for expression.
Working from a modest home studio Michael is also creati
Michael prefers painting his loose experpressionistic style of realism in oils on wood panels firstly and works regularily too on canvas and archival paper.
Painting En Plein Air is a passion and discipline; and a genre with which Michael has found great opportunities for expression.
Working from a modest home studio Michael is also creating art through still life arrangements, landscape compositions of his own source photos and often imaginative, life inspired statements.
For a final and personal touch to the artistic presentation of his work Michael will commonly produce and complete the framing using pine or oak.