Impressions Of a Garden

Impressions Of a Garden, 2017

acrylic paint on canvas board

8" x 10" (20.3 cm x 25.4 cm)

201709096

© copyright Michael Kraus

For more information, please visit: https://www.etsy.com/listing/511949014/original-acrylic-painting-impressions-of

A light afternoon rain came off the North Sea while we were walking around the Upper Town of Brussels, Belgium.  It was the perfect opportunity for us to visit the Royal Museum of Fine Art of Belgium.  For hours, my wife and I wandered the galleries full of old masters and modern masterpieces.  Around ever corner was a source of inspiration including this small piece.  While the details, coloring, and layout vary, the sense of feeling is the same.  For more on Brussels, Belgium, please visit: http://mikekraus.blogspot.com/2017/09/sprout-to-be-brussels.html 

Mike Kraus was born on the industrial shoreline of Muskegon, Michigan. After earning his Fine Arts Degree from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, he attended Grand Valley State University for his graduate degree. From there, he gained varied experiences from the Chicago Architecture Foundation, Art Institute of Chicago, Hauenstein Center For Presidential Studies, Lollypop Farm Humane Society, and the Children's Memorial Foundation. And every place he worked, he had his sketchbook with him and found ways to be actively creative. In 2014, Kraus became a full-time artist by establishing Mike Kraus Art. Since then, he has sold hundreds of paintings that are displayed in nearly every state and dozens of countries. Currently, Kraus lives in Rochester, New York with his beautiful wife and goofy dog.

For more information or custom order, please visit:

Store: MikeKrausArt.etsy.com

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See my work in person at these locations:

Coffee Art Project (http://www.coffeeartproject.com) at the New York Coffee Festival, Metropolitan Pavilion, 125 W 18th St, NYC - October 13-15, 2017 - http://www.newyorkcoffeefestival.com

Havana Night Gala -Baden Street Settlement Holiday Inn Rochester, NY-Downtown 70 State St, Rochester, NY 14614 http://badenstreet.org/2017-annual-gala/

Whitman Works Co. 1826 Penfield Rd, Penfield, NY 14526 (585) 747-9999 https://www.whitmanworks.com/

Art Cats Gallery 1845 Lakeshore Dr, Muskegon, MI 49441 (231) 755-7606 http://artcatsgallery.com/

Cactus In the West

Cactus In the West #247

Gouache and ink on Bristol Paper

NOT A PRINT OR REPRODUCTION

2.5" x 3.5" (6.35 cm x 8.89 cm)

201709091

© copyright Mike Kraus

To purchase, please visit: https://www.etsy.com/listing/555220975/cactus-in-the-west-247-artist-trading

This artist trading card or ACEO (Art Card Editions and Originals) is frameable, collectable, enjoyable and can be given as a special gift for a birthday, wedding, new baby, anniversary, thank you or other occasion.  It is a one-of-a-kind original work of art, NOT A PRINT OR REPRODUCTION. It is signed on the back and lends itself to framing in a standard trading card frame or book.

For more information or custom order, please visit:

Store: MikeKrausArt.etsy.com

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MikeKrausArt

Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/MikeKraus/

Instagram: https://instagram.com/mikekrausart

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/mkraus

Twitter: http://twitter.com/MikeKrausBlog

Google+: http://plus.google.com/111168390406803022323/posts

Want to see my work in person?  Then visit these galleries:

Whitman Works Co. 1826 Penfield Rd, Penfield, NY 14526 (585) 747-9999 https://www.whitmanworks.com/

Art Cats Gallery 1845 Lakeshore Dr, Muskegon, MI 49441 (231) 755-7606 http://artcatsgallery.com/

Night Birch

Night Birch, 2015

Scratchboard

7 "x 8" in a frame (17.8 cm x 20.3 cm in a frame)

© copyright Mike Kraus

To purchase, please visit: https://www.etsy.com/listing/252780906/night-birch-original-scratchboard-7-x-8?ref=shop_home_active_1

10% OFF with coupon code JOINTHEFUN

Birch trees have always been a meditative source for me. Growing up, there was one outside my window that I would look at while daydreaming. And, when I needed to get away from the world I went to a grove of Birch trees to find refuge. I’ve always found the unique and nearly useless white tree interesting.

This painting would look best somewhere that has saturated rich colors 

For more information or custom order, please visit:

https://www.etsy.com/shop/MikeKrausArt

Night Birch

Night Birch, 2015

Scratchboard

4 "x 6" in a frame (10.2 cm x 15.2 cm in a frame)

© copyright Mike Kraus
To purchase, please visit: https://www.etsy.com/listing/230945385/night-birch-original-scratchboard-4-x-6?

Birch trees have always been a meditative source for me. Growing up, there was one outside my window that I would look at while daydreaming. And, when I needed to get away from the world I went to a grove of Birch trees to find refuge. I’ve always found the unique and nearly useless white tree interesting.

This painting would look best somewhere that has saturated rich colors 

For more information or custom order, please visit:

https://www.etsy.com/shop/MikeKrausArt 

Night Birch

Night Birch, 2015

Scratchboard

8" x 10" in a frame (20.3 cm x 25.4 cm in a frame)

© copyright Mike Kraus

To purchase, please visit: https://www.etsy.com/listing/229453949/night-birch-original-scratchboard-8-x-10?

20% OFF with my special anniversary coupon code 1YEARFUN

Birch trees have always been a meditative source for me. Growing up, there was one outside my window that I would look at while daydreaming. And, when I needed to get away from the world I went to a grove of Birch trees to find refuge. I’ve always found the unique and nearly useless white tree interesting.

This painting would look best somewhere that has saturated rich colors 

For more information or custom order, please visit:

https://www.etsy.com/shop/MikeKrausArt 

Night Birch

Night Birch, 2015

Scratchboard

4" x 6" in a frame (10.2 cm x 15.2 cm in a frame)

© copyright Mike Kraus

To purchase, please visit: https://www.etsy.com/listing/228727517/night-birch-original-scratchboard-4-x-6?

Use my special anniversary coupon code 1YEARFUN and get 20% OFF

Birch trees have always been a meditative source for me. Growing up, there was one outside my window that I would look at while daydreaming. And, when I needed to get away from the world I went to a grove of Birch trees to find refuge. I’ve always found the unique and nearly useless white tree interesting.

This painting would look best somewhere that has saturated rich colors 

For more information or custom order, please visit:

https://www.etsy.com/shop/MikeKrausArt 

Tree In Albufeira, Portugal

Tree In Albufeira, Portugal, 2014

acrylic paint on canvasboard

8" x 10" (20.3cm x 25.4cm)

© copyright Mike Kraus
To purchase, please visit: https://www.etsy.com/listing/213449922/tree-in-albufeira-portugal-original

10% OFF with coupon code JOINTHEFUN

Hiking along the Atlantic coast in southern Portugal.  The only shade from the intense sun is a tree.  Every so often, there's a cool breeze from the water to provide some relief.  It's a great place to drink vinho verde.  To plan our life together on the other side of the world. 

This drawing would great in almost space that is red, pink, violet, yellow, or blue.

For more information or custom order, please visit:

https://www.etsy.com/shop/MikeKrausArt 

Tree In Albufeira, Portugal

Tree In Albufeira, Portugal, 2014

acrylic paint on canvasboard

8" x 10" (20.3cm x 25.4cm)

© copyright Mike Kraus

To purchase, please visit: https://www.etsy.com/listing/213095501/tree-in-albufeira-portugal-original?

10% OFF with coupon code JOINTHEFUN

Hiking along the Atlantic coast in southern Portugal.  The only shade from the intense sun is a tree.  Every so often, there's a cool breeze from the water to provide some relief.  It's a great place to drink vinho verde.  To plan our life together on the other side of the world.

This drawing would great in almost space that is red, pink, violet, yellow, or blue.

For more information or custom order, please visit:

https://www.etsy.com/shop/MikeKrausArt

Retro Flowers

Retro Flowers, 2014

acrylic on canvas

8" x 10"

© copyright Mike Kraus

To purchase, please visit: https://www.etsy.com/listing/195164903/retro-flowers-original-acrylic-painting

SUMMER HAS ARRIVED!  The flowers are in full bloom under the sultry heat of the sun.  We've been waiting for this since winter and it's finally here.  The fragrance fills the air with a sweetness that attracts honeybees and hummingbirds.  Brilliant colors so intense that it is all I can see.

This painting would look best in a space that is denim blue, ivy green, brown, light gray, purple, or a beige

For more information or custom order, please visit:

https://www.etsy.com/shop/MikeKrausArt

6x6x2014 OPEN NOW:

Rochester Contemporary Art Center (RoCo)

137 East Avenue

Rochester, NY 14604

See if you can find the pieces I've submitted.  For more information, please visit:

http://www.roco6x6.org/6x6x2014_intro.php

D'OH! A DEER! A FEMALE DEER!

 The deer have been visiting more frequently again.  Still waiting to see the new fawn again.

 Saw this guy while moving the vegetable garden to a new location.  They seem to really like the natural meadow design we're implementing.

If I had a saddle, I could ride this guy.  Not afraid of us at all.

Louie and Penny hanging out with me by the pool.  

6x6x2014 OPEN NOW:

Rochester Contemporary Art Center (RoCo)

137 East Avenue
Rochester, NY 14604

See if you can find the pieces I've submitted.  For more information, please visit:

http://www.roco6x6.org/6x6x2014_intro.php