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
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
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
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
What better way to tell you about Richard Diebenkorn than telling you a story through a painting? Diebenkorn's "Ocean Park" series was completed during the 60s, 70s and 80s by…
Mike ChambersMay 5, 2022
This is a mystery of portraiture: the subject sits and the artist interprets. Does the artist allow his or her own thoughts and biases and filters to affect the image?…
Mike ChambersMay 7, 2022
During a recent walk in the woods with friends we saw our first fall colors of the season. My usual art plan for vacations, for this was a mini-vacation to…
Mike ChambersMay 7, 2022
I'm thrilled and honored to be one of the artists selected this spring to design a traffic box skin for the City of Boise. This is my first public art…
Mike ChambersMay 7, 2022
When I paint, I never know how things are going to end up. I start with a vague idea like “someone in a doorway” or “that feeling when I’m in…
Mike ChambersJune 5, 2022
You're invited to the opening reception of Ghost Hunting. Twenty-seven new works will be on display. The show is located at Evermore Prints, 780 W. Main Street in Boise. The…
Mike ChambersMay 7, 2022
An admission of guilt: all the frames on my website are FAKE! Yeah, I have to say that although these frames would be awesome, they're all photoshopped. Hopefully, this was…
Mike ChambersMay 7, 2022
This piece is for a new show in August 2017 at Evermore Prints in Boise. The name Celestine, or Célestine, is Edgar Degas' mother's name, which seemed somehow appropriate.
Mike ChambersMay 10, 2022
Last weekend we were in Northern Idaho at Twin Lake, near Coeur d'Alene. It was great to relax and paint with a box of 99-cent watercolors and a ball-point pen…
Mike ChambersMay 8, 2022
In the shadows lie the mysteries. Did you notice what's lurking in the shadows today? Carol Robinson just posted a sneak peek of the new work in my show "Houseghosts." The show…
Mike ChambersApril 16, 2022
My show at the Carol Robinson Gallery opens on May 7th. I delivered 11 new pieces to the gallery this week for the Houseghosts exhibition. I completed this painting in…
Mike ChambersApril 16, 2022
Doorways are red, Houseghosts are blue, Just when she's needed, She comes into view.
Mike ChambersMay 8, 2022
