Latest Work: 2018 Series “Bloodletting”

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 simply a part of the environment, kind of like Edward Hopper’s paintings. Now they are front and center. The recent series is called “Bloodletting,” partly because I’m using a lot of red, which I’ve never done before. The term comes from the ancient medical practice of draining a patient’s blood in order to heal them. In many ways, it seems like we’re all conducting a massive psychological variation of this kind of behavior on a global scale.”

By boojazz|2018-07-15T02:25:06+00:00July 15th, 2018|Boojazz|0 Comments

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At the age of fifteen, Michael began his professional career by drawing children’s menus for a chain of restaurants in the Southwest. His experience in graphics, marketing, illustration and video production fill an essential need in advertising agencies, printing companies, and design firms. In the early 2010's Michael blogged for The Huffington Post and Psychology Today on the topic of Digital Reinvention. Some of the clients Michael has worked with include: Microsoft, US – Japan Business Council, RAINN (co-founded by Tori Amos and Sarah McLaughlin), Chicagoland Speedway, Richard Shay Photography, The British Embassy in the United States, Ben Hollis Worldwide, Aphex, & PepsiCo. His previous television work has gained the interest of major studios such as Dreamworks SKG.