Michael Clements Annual Exhibition

January 4 - 24, 2013

Reception, Fri, January 4, 6-9pm

120 Dickenson Street, Lahaina

Village Gallery is pleased to present work by ....Michael Clements

 

Artist Background...

Michael was born in Decatur, Illinois in 1950 and has been a Maui resident since 1987.

" When I was old enough to hold a crayon, I began my journey as an artist with a bold orange line wrapping around each wall of our house. I didn't get any rave reviews! I can still recall the joy in making that line follow me all around the house. I kept drawing (on paper of course) and when I turned 12 my Great Grandmother Alice Colerick taught me how to use oil paint. Grandma Alice was nearly 80 then and a daily painter who had returned to her passion in her later years. I started my lessons by painting scenes from Arizona Highways magazine. They were exotic landscapes compared to the farmland of the Midwest. I continued to paint through High School and then my life's course led me away from art. I worked many jobs, kept moving west and became a proto type machinist, a horticulturist, landscape contractor, nurseryman, business owner and finally found my way back to the joy of drawing and painting. Today, I paint everyday. You can find me painting around Maui everywhere I travel.

My work has been influenced by the first plein air painters of late 19th century Italy known as " I Macchiaioli".

Michael's art training includes attending numerous workshops conducted by leading artists from across the country. He has won awards for his work and has been part of over a dozen exhibitions on Maui since 2001.