If you like our writing, we’d be much obliged if you would click the ❤️ or the 🔁 icon on this post so more collectors, art lovers, and artists can discover us on Substack. 🙏 A daily newsletter featuring today’s finest visual artists. Today's Newsletter is Brought to You by BoldBrush CircleCreating Art is about Creating Magic. BoldBrush Recommends: Anne SpiveyBiographyINTRODUCTIONS Hello! Thanks for visiting my website I hope you enjoy perusing the images and the journey I am on! Primarily self taught, I attend workshops regularly and actively seek instruction from many renown artists including mentor, Nancy Nowak. I also learn from and am influenced daily by several communities of artists/friends. I seek to grow my artistic skills by maintaining a daily practice where I explore varied genres, techniques, materials and mark making. I try to maintain an attitude of playful curiosity versus self criticism which I am reminded of by my grand daughter (and always makes me smile!): "I'm going to my studio now to be an artist and it's going to be amazing!" Emma (my artist grand daughter, 4 years old) ARTIST STATEMENT I am an award winning and published impressionist pastel artist with an eclectic portfolio. Nature, people and life experiences guides and inspires my subject matter as I work to capture the unique qualities of the fleeting moments that are the substance of life. It is quite the spiritual experience during the painting process when I put pigment onto paper and I see the interplay of form, light and color telling a special story. This creative process has become an addiction from which I hope I never recover! When a viewer of my art experiences an emotional connection, I feel fulfilled as an artist. Gratefully, FASO Loves Michael John Ashcroft’s oil paintings! See More of Michael John Ashcroft’s art by clicking here. Wouldn’t You Love to work with a website hosting company that actually promotes their artists?As you can see, at FASO, we actually do, and, Click the button below to start working New Artwork by FASO Members Your art could be here tomorrow, for free. |