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Born in
the Kootenays of British Columbia, Michael lived and worked
for most of his life on the coast and now resides on a small
ranch near Osoyoos. He
has been involved in the raising and training of horses
since the age of 14 and now enjoys the trails of the
Kruger
Mountain
grasslands reserve. Michael
is a graduate of the
University
of
British Columbia
in biological sciences with post graduate work in Planning,
agricultural economics and resource science and a Masters
degree in Business Administration from City University of
Seattle. He has
traveled widely in North America and Europe with brief
visits to Asia and
North Africa
sketching and painting on many of these trips.
A love of
art and a passion for the west have been a feature of his
life since childhood. The
two have come together in his choice of painting subjects
and whether the subject is landscape, horses, early modes of
transportation or figurative works, the accurate depiction
of the west in its many manifestations is his goal.
Recent works include a series of
Kettle
Valley
railroad scenes from the age of steam, early stage coach
scenes from the South Okanagan, the depiction of packing and
guiding in the
Rockies
and southern B.C. and interior landscapes.
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