Welcome to Michael's other world, the world of painting. Michael has been painting since teaming up with local painting instructor Lena Leszczynski in 2007. He also enjoyed studying with Gary Adcock at the The Florence Art Studio in Florence, Italy, in the summer of 2014.

"Galiano Island," acrylic, 2012.

Self portrait, oil, 2014.

Just some flowers and nothing more, acrylic, 2011.

"Dubs," acrylic, 2010.

"Deanna in Repose," acrylic, 2013.

From a photo of St. Alban's Church, locally often referred to simply as the English Church, taken during a summer, 2008 visit to Copenhagen. Designed by Arthur Blomfield as a traditional English parish church in the Gothic Revival style, it is in a peaceful park setting at the end of Amaliegade in the northern part of the city centre, next to the citadel Kastellet.

"August Flowers," acrylic, 2011.

"Cascading Flowers," acrylic, 2011.

A quick sketch, in acrylic, influenced by the look of the maids in Downton Abbey, 2012.

Copy of "The Letter," by Pierre Bonnard, oil, 2013.

From a screen shot of a film featuring Claude Monet and some other french artists. The film was produced by Sacha Guitry for his project Ceux de Chez Nous, or “Those of Our Land.” It was shot in the summer of 1915, when Monet was 74 years old.

A charcoal sketch of a bust of St. Jerome, drawn over two weeks at the Florence Art Studio, summer 2014.

Pencil sketch, from a live model, Florence, Italy, 2014.

"Burrard Inlet No. 1," acrylic, 2010.

Fun with india ink and water, 2009.

"Annandale, PEI," in a Fauve style, acrylic, 2009.

With apologies to Maurice de Vlaminck, a first stab at a Fauve painting, acrylic, 2007.