About
MICHAEL J. REARDON
Oil Painting Artist
Michael is an artist in the style of Realism with his medium choose of Oil. He was born in Lynn, Massachusetts and now resides in West Newfield, Maine and has his Studio here also.
He has studied with the highly recognized and awarded Master oil painter Robert Farris of Woodend Studios. His inspiration and influences come from quite a few different artists like Western artists Howard Terpning, Martin Grelle, Andy Thomas, Tom Browning, John Buxton and Bill Anton to name a few plus Daniel Gerhartz, Robert Bateman, Jim Wilcox.and many others.
" I look for the natural things that are all around us, those out of the ordinary scenes where I can get in tune with the animals and atmosphere of an area and that motivates me to capture it on canvas.
It is these special places in nature that we so often forget to stop and admire from time to time but that reach so deeply into that special place in our hearts when we see them in a painting."
Michael
Member of=
Oil Painters of America
The National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society
Newburyport Art Association
Reading Art Association
Associate member of Woodend studios
Awards=
2010 1st Place @ Topsfield Fair, Amateur Division
2011 The "Lucy Clark Winant" Award, Swampscott Art Association
2015 3rd Place @ Topsfield Fair, Professional Division
2015 Honorable Mention @ Topsfield Fair, Professional Division
2016 1st Place @ Reading Art Association, Spring Show
2017 Honorable Mention, @ Topsfield Fair, Professional Division
2018 Honorable Mention, @ Topsfield Fair, Professional Division
2019 Honorable Mention, @ Topsfield Fair, Professional Division
EXHIBITIONS=
2007 Sep. - Nov. Lynnfield Library, Lynnfield, Ma.
2007 Wood End Studio Assoc.'s Art Show at Gould Barn, Topsfield, Ma.
2007-2010 Showed @ Concettas Gallery in Marblehead, Ma.
2009 Wood End Studio Assoc.'s Art Show at Lynn Arts Inc., Lynn, Ma.
2010 Reading Art Assoc.'s Spring Art Show
2009-2010 New Beginnings, Salem, N.H.
2010 Topsfield Fair, Topsfield, Ma, 1st Place, Amateur Division
2010 Season Beauxdangles Of Rockport, Rockport, Ma.
2009 -2011 Surroundings, Marblehead, Ma.
2010 Marian Court College, Swampscott, Ma.
2010 Grosvenor Park Art Gallery, Salem, Ma.
2011 Michael Reardon & Janet Cook Artist Show, The Lucy Clark Winant Award, Grosvenor Park Art Gallery, Salem, Ma.
2011-2012 Mill 77, Amesbury, Ma.
2011 Marian Court College, Swampscott, Ma.
2011 Grosvenor Park Art Gallery, Salem, Ma.
2011 Topsfield Fair, Topsfield, Ma.
2011 Reading Art Assoc.'s Autumn Art Show, Reading, Ma.
2011 Frame1 Art Show, North Reading, Ma.
2012 Topsfield Fair, Topsfield, Ma.
2013-2014 No painting or shows
2015 Reading Art Assoc.'s Spring Show, Reading, Ma.
2015 Topsfield Fair, 3rd Place, Professional Division
2015 Topsfield Fair, Honorable Mention, Professional Division
2016 RCTV Studios Reading Mass.
2016 Reading Art Association, 1st Place, Spring Show
2017 Topsfield Fair, Honorable Mention, Professional Division
2018 Topsfield Fair, Honorable Mention, Professional Division
2019 Topsfield Fair, Honorable Mention, Professional Division
2020 Downtown Reading Art Walk
2020 Roux & Cyr International Fine Art Gallery, Juried Art Show, Portland, Maine
2022 Topsfield Fair, Topsfield, Ma.
2022 Newburyport Art Association, Winter Juried Show
2022 Newburyport Art Association, Holiday Show
2023 OPA Online Showcase Spring Show