About
MICHAEL J REARDON
Oil Painting Artist
Member of =
Oil Painters of America, (OPA)
The National Oil & Acrylic Painters Society, (NOAPS)
Newburyport Art Association
Saco Bay Artists
" As an artist I look at the world differently than most, through my painter's eyes and when I see a beautiful scene I become captivated by it. I then soak up the sensations of the scene and work to bring them to life on the canvas."
Happily I have been painting for over 20 years in oils in the style of Realism. I am a native New Englander and find that my Muse (the thing that inspires a painter what to paint) is Nature.
I have always loved the Country setting and with this lifestyle always on my mind I have just had the great fortune to be able to move to West Newfield, Maine where I now resided and have set up my Studio and can continue my passion for painting Nature.
I have a variety of subjects that I like to paint whether it's a New England setting, a Western style scene or of animals. Every painting is wrapped around one central theme in one way or another, Nature. I can't seem to get enough of the elegance of the simple things like farm houses sitting on hillsides surrounded by stone walls and country fences, animals doing their own thing in the wild or a marsh with the gentle breeze blowing softly over the grasses and a spectacular sky illuminated in the background. Every scene that I paint is inspired by Nature which is the natural beauty of God's world.
Scenes like these are ingrained in my Spirit and cry out for me to put them down on the canvas so that I can share them with others.
"It's important for us to take a moment out of our busy lives and look for these scenes, the ones that we so often forget about, the ones that are all around us and hiding in plain site.Those "out of the ordinary" and "momentary" scenes. We need to stop and admire the natural beauty that is around us. For it is these scenes that inspire such wonderful emotions in our hearts when we see them on the canvas and that is what I try to capture in my paintings and I hope that you will enjoy them as much as I have enjoyed painting them for you!."
You will be happy to know that the materials I use are carefully selected and are high quality. I also consider my artistic ability to be a gift from God so I thank Him by giving back to different Charities. By purchasing any of my products you will also help in giving back to St. Jude Cancer and the ASPCA to help rescue animals. Thank You!
Michael