Artist CV

 

After a 20-year career as a medical and commercial illustrator in Chicago, Mike and his wife, Kathy, moved to Lana’i in 2001. Since then he has been selected as a Signature Member of both the Plein Air Painters of Hawaii and The Islanders (10 artists from across Hawaii), and has been juried into all eight Schaefer Portrait Challenges, one of three artists in the State with that honor. From 2010-2013 he served on the Board of Directors of the Hawaii State Art Museum.

Education

1975

B.A., Western Maryland College, Double Major in Biology and Art, Honors in Art

1978

M.A., Medical and Biological Illustration, The Johns Hopkins University School Of Medicine, Department Of Art As Applied To Medicine

 

Awards

2014

Winner, “Brush Off” (2 hour painting competition), "Just Plein Fun", Debra Huse Gallery, Balboa Island 

"Honor Hawai’i, Honor Maui" (Hawaiian Cultural Award), Maui Plein Air Painting Invitational

2011

First Place, Professional Division, Makawao Paint-Out, Viewpoints Gallery, Makawao

2009

O’o Farm Label Award, Makawao Paint-Out, Viewpoints Gallery

Café Kapalua Award, Maui Plein Air Painting Invitational, Village Gallery, Lahaina

 

Exhibitions & Invitationals

Maui Plein Air Painting Invitational, Royal Lahaina Resort, Lahaina (2006-2020)

Schaefer Portrait Challenge  (2003, 2006, 2009, 2012, 2015, 2018, 2022, 2025)
Maui Arts & Cultural Center, Schaefer International Gallery
Kahului, Maui, Hawaii 

Schaefer Portrait Challenge (2012, 2015)
The Contemporary Museum at First Hawaiian Center
Honolulu, Hawaii 

"Just Plein Fun" (2014)
Debra Huse Gallery, Balboa Island, CA

Kaua’i Plein Air Painting Invitational (2011, 2012)
Grove Farm Museum, Lihue

Makawao Paint Out Invitational (2008-2011)
Viewpoints Gallery, Makawao, Maui