Over the last couple of years I’ve been playing Persona 5, which I wholeheartedly recommend. It’s the type of video game that transcends the medium. Somewhere around my second playthrough I began to wonder just how this story could be translated into a more traditional medium like television or film. Specifically, could Persona 5 work [...]
Recently, and some say "finally" I've been working in digital illustration. Namely, I'm using a Samsung TabA Tablet wit a Bamboo Tip Stylus, utilizing programs such as Autodesk Sketchbook and ArtFlow. It's such an interesting experience, and I have to admit the undo button is something that after working in traditional mediums for over [...]
Happy 2019 everyone. In case you happen to be in downtown Chicago, I invite you to check out my painting, as well as a selection of artists from The Elephant Room Gallery, at the Blackstone Hotel. The painting will be on display until the second week of July. I'd like to thank Kimberly Atwood [...]
Here are a few samples from the latest series of paintings and illustrations by Michael. In Voyage Chicago Magazine, Michael discusses the project. "These days, I’m focusing on the characters within the painting, taking some advice from Kimberly Atwood, owner of the Elephant Room Gallery in Chicago. In my previous works, the characters were [...]
Michael was recently featured in Voyage Chicago. "Today we’d like to introduce you to Michael Foster. Michael, we’d love to hear your story and how you got to where you are today both personally and as an artist. When I was in second grade, our classroom assignment was to draw our dreams for [...]
On Friday, October 20th INSPIRE & CREATE hosted a 3rd Friday Artist Gathering outside of Chicago. Michael was one of three featured artists along with Joe Gagnepain and Bill Austin.
This was just one of those things, Jaime and I had an art show outside of New York. We've been to Paris, London, pretty much everywhere except New York City. It was a long overdue trip and as enjoyable as one could imagine. You can't help but to take a pile of [...]
On Friday November 10th we were delighted to have our artwork featured of the Art Expo Opening Night Party for the 1st annual River Town Film Festival. The inaugural River Town Film Festival & Art Expo takes took place on November 10-12 at The Red Mill, a historical landmark that dates back [...]
ALL ABOUT DOG PORTRAITS A Note from the Artist "As I'm not just creating a standard run-of-the-mill pet portrait, but one of my signature abstract modern art paintings with your pet as the subject, you can expect a much more artistic and valuable work for your home. I'd like to think I charge a [...]
Wirehouse Co. decided to throw another gallery event for their seventh series and landed on the theme STRUGGLE for the night. We welcomed the biggest number of artists we had ever featured- a whopping 11 visual artists! We held the event at Homiey in Humboldt Park and had an awesome summer night [...]
