Landscape Painting by Contemporary Artist Michael Workman

Village, South France

Early Spring Landscape

"My wife Laurel and I, with our five children, live in the small town of Spring City in central Utah. I am a "Utah Boy" born and raised and though now in my "middle ages" still love the high mountain desert that I grew up in. I spent most of my childhood and young adult years on a small farm in Highland Utah and most of the subjects that find their way into my paintings are the rural things that I grew up with. Highland as well as the rest of Utah Valley is now a fine example of urban sprawl. This "progress" up north is what inspired our "move to the country" over a decade ago. After Laurel and I finished our education (as if it is ever finished) at Brigham Young University we moved South to the Sanpete Valley that I had grown fond of during hunting trips with my Dad as well as photo trips by myself trying to find my way as a developing landscape painter. When asked for an artist statement I try to keep it simple; I am a "contemporary traditionalist".
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