I am elated, elated I tell you, to have my new painting I Dream of Napoleon House in Carol Robinson's group show, A New Season of Art!
Mike ChambersOctober 18, 2022
This is the bike linocut I made. This is the basic black and white image, but I'd like to explore other possibilities with color.
Mike ChambersSeptember 6, 2022
The drawing starts with an idea, it bumps along, suffering the indignity of corrections (erasures) and re-work, and along the way it illuminates -- almost randomly -- some brilliant (and…
Mike ChambersJune 18, 2022
The Rutkowski Loop posits that the same painting is not. I owe it all to Walter Rutkowski. He was my professor at LSU who said something like this to me…
Mike ChambersOctober 15, 2022
My paintings typically emerge slowly, they haunt me for a day or three or twenty-three until they suddenly freeze in their tracks, say boo! and -- eventually -- disappear.
Mike ChambersJune 3, 2022
Here's what I wrote about Fadeaway Bike way back in 2014: It was time to paint a bike fading out and fading in at the same time.
Mike ChambersAugust 26, 2022
The grant increased my understanding of the tools available to me and helped me to take ownership of my art business.
Mike ChambersMay 30, 2022
November 2014 I've been painting almost every day for the past few weeks and things are starting to stack up. Here's a view of the table top where the most…
Mike ChambersMay 30, 2022
My paintings and drawings are the result of a wrestling match between me and the canvas. During this process I rework, erase, and even turn everything upside down to correct…
Mike ChambersMay 29, 2022
Be cautious when fixing your work. It may lead to an entirely new piece. I can’t leave well enough alone.
Mike ChambersMay 15, 2022
Just close your eyes Cool Blue Roderick says -- or seems to say -- "Just breathe." The Backstory This image was featured in Character Development: Portrait Studies at the Trueblood…
Mike ChambersSeptember 3, 2022
The Bicycle Day Dream "Am I imagining this?" he asked aloud. He leaned his bicycle against the wall. Having no kickstand, the only other alternative was to lay it down…
Mike ChambersSeptember 3, 2022
A luminous figure appears — just in time for Valentine’s day! — and she reads a short, sweet poem to you as you watch her disappear
Mike ChambersSeptember 3, 2022
I gazed at the far side of Spirit Lake where pines created their sawtooth pattern against an overcast sky. It was early morning on a cool summer day but it…
Mike ChambersSeptember 3, 2022
Watercolor painting of a sweetgum leaf and its shadow. It's funny, isn't it?, that we're surrounded by a zillion of these and they are all different and all beautiful. That’s…
Mike ChambersMay 4, 2022
A painting of a young woman, standing barefoot in an open doorway, offering a cup of coffee.
Mike ChambersMay 4, 2022
