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Artist Statement

Since retiring in 1998 from a very fulfilling 36-year career as simultaneous Chiefs of Cardiology and Nephrology, at several greater Boston-area hospitals, and a LCDR, U.S. Navy retired, Mike has been painting professionally since 1993 having drawn and painted extensively as a child. Knowing he wanted to become an artist, he still has his portfolio with work he did early on. Over 500 of his representational land and seascapes have been juried into national and international exhibitions, while being the recipient of over 100 major awards.

Mike is an elected and/or signature member of 37 national art societies. These memberships include Fellowship in The American Artists Professional League, The Watercolor U.S.A. Honor Society, Texas Watercolor Society's Purple Sage Brush Society, Transparent Watercolor Society of America and the International Society of Marine Painters. While serving two terms as President of the the New England Watercolor Society, Mike established the Society's first home gallery since the Society's inception in 1885 on Newbury Street in Boston. He was Educational Program Director for 10 years for the Canton Art Association in Canton, Mass.

One of his marine paintings is included in SPLASH 9, (2006) and two pieces in SPLASH 10 (2008) both published by North Light Books, which reflect the works of 100 of the top contemporary watercolorists in America. Mike's work is also represented in the new book The Artistic Touch 4 (2010), published by Creative Arts Press, representing 120 of the best artists in America. He has been selected by PaintAmerica and Paint the Parks, recognized as one of the nations leading artists' competitions, in their Top 100 exhibitions representing scenes from America's National Parks and the 50 States.

He has exhibited in 43 different Museums across the country and has had invitational solo shows at the New Bedford Art Museum, New Bedford,MA, the Cape Cod Museum of Art in Dennis,MA the New Bedford Whaling Museum, New Bedford,MA. Two of his paintings were selected from a private collection in Washington, D.C. by the curator of the Zeeland Maritime Museum for an international exhibition in Vlissingen, Holland,in 2009 in celebration of the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson's European founding of New York.

In 2011 Mike has had solo shows in Gloucester and Mattapoisett Massachusetts, and is currently exhibiting with the American Society of Marine Artists in their 15th National Exhibition which will be traveling to eight museums across the country over the next two years. Ten of his marine paintings are on display for the next year at The Beachmoor Inn at Mass Maritime Academy in Buzzard's Bay, Mass.

His work is in many public, private and corporate collections throughout the United States. Mike is represented by galleries south of Boston.

NATIONAL and INTERNATIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Academic Artists Association, Elected Member

Allied Artists of America, Inc., Elected Member

American Artists Professional League, Inc., Fellow

American Society of Marine Artists, Member

Audubon Artists, Inc., Artist Member

Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, Artist Member

Coast Guard Artist Program (COGAP), Artist Member

Eastern Washington Watercolor Society, Signature Member

Georgia Watercolor Society, Signature Member

Hudson Valley Art Association, Elected Artist Member

International Society of Marine Painters, Professional Artist Member

International Guild of Realism, Elected Member

Louisiana Watercolor Society, Signature Member

Kentucky Watercolor Society, Signature Member

Montana Watercolor Society, Signature Member

Mississippi Watercolor Society, Signature Member

Missouri Watercolor Society, Signature Member

National Society of Artists, Signature Member

North East Watercolor Society, Signature Member

North Shore Arts Association, Artist Member

Oklahoma Watermedia Association, Signature Member

Paint America Association, Signature Member

Pennsylvania Watercolor Society, Signature Member

Philadelphia Watercolor Society, Signature Member

Pittsburgh Watercolor Society, Signature Member

Red River Watercolor Society, Signature Member

Rhode Island Watercolor Society, Signature Member

The Salmagundi Club, NYC, Elected Artist Member

San Diego Watercolor Society, Signature Member

Society of Watercolor Artists, Signature Member

Southwestern Watercolor Society, Signature Member

Taos National Society of Watercolorists, Signature Member

Texas Watercolor Society, Signature Member,Purple Sage Brush Society

Transparent Watercolor Society, Signature Member

Watercolor U.S.A., Honor Society

Watercolor Art Society - Houston (WAS-H), Signature Member

Watercolor Society of Alabama, Signature Member

Western Colorado Watercolor Society, Signature Member

COLLECTIONS:

Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, MA

Commonwealth of Mass, Department of Environmental Protection, Lakeville, MA

Marion Art Center, Marion, MA

Massachusetts Maritime Academy, Buzzards Bay, MA

New Bedford Art Museum, New Bedford, MA

New Bedford Whaling Museum, New Bedford, MA

Tabor Academy, Marion, MA

The City of New Bedford, Free Public Library, New Bedford, MA

United States Coast Guard, Washington, D. C.

Mattapoisett Historical Society, Mattapoisett,MA

PUBLICATIONS:

Artistic Touch 4, Creative Arts Press, 2010

Cape Cod Life Magazine, May 2009; Creative Hands and Minds

Home Gallery Magazine ( COASTAL Life-Southeastern Mass and Rhode Island), Volume 4, Issue 10, 2008

SPLASH 10, Best in Watercolor- Passionate Brushstrokes, North Light Books, F&W Publications, Inc, 2008

SPLASH 9, Best in Watercolor- Watercolor Secrets North Light Books, F&W Publications, Inc., 2006

Contemporary American Marine Art, 2002, 2004

Plymouth Savings Bank's Calendar, 2003 representing work from Museums and Art Centers

Marquis Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare

Marquis Who's Who in American Art

Marquis Who's Who in America

Marquis Who's Who in the World

Marquis Who's Who in Science and Engineering

EDUCATION

Mike is a self-taught artist, with additional classical training for many years under Ray Doyle and has also studied under Betty Lou Schlemm, Charles Reid, Robert Wade and in oil under John Stobart, Joseph McGurl and Dimetrius Athas.