Author: Lon Michels
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Artspace – ART 101 The Studio Assistant Family Tree: A Genealogy of Artists & Their Proteges
While popular cliché is that young artists are often baristas, bartenders, or waiters, if not trust-fund babies, a lot of them do actually manage to find employment within the art world, and the luckiest art-school grads find jobs as assistants in the studios of more established artists. These apprenticeships—in which the up-and-comer lays down the…
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June 9th 2018 – African American Art Alliance “AAAA”
June 9th 2018 African American Art Alliance “AAAA” Sponsored by The Milwaukee Art Museum Artist studio tour of artist Lon Michels and artist Todd Olson 700 North Art Museum Dr. Milwaukee, WI 53202 Contact: Aryn Kresol – MAM curatorial assistant [ngg_images source=”galleries” container_ids=”13″ display_type=”photocrati-nextgen_basic_slideshow” gallery_width=”600″ gallery_height=”400″ cycle_effect=”fade” cycle_interval=”10″ show_thumbnail_link=”1″ thumbnail_link_text=”[Show thumbnails]” ngg_triggers_display=”never” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included”…
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“A Winters Dream” at Overture Center for the Arts Jan. 30th
One of my dreams is to create an Opera set. Well this event for the 30th anniversary for Overture is going to be my installation with over 17 people participating in many different venues a cast of hundreds for frostiball for this evening. My dream of winter is to transform this amazing huge room into…
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Commissions & Portraits
Example of one of my many portraits “Portrait of Susee” Many of Susee’s favorite things have been incorporated in this portrait to reflect love and beauty that Susee has in her life, not to mention her exquisite beauty.
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Welcome
Please contact the artist about sales, prices and available work. Having been an artist for over 40 years, I feel that the act of painting is my first language. I paint from life and use color and repetition of pattern to create my detailed canvases. I try to capture the essence or personality of each…