Michael Workman Solo Exhibition

Michael Workman solo e xhibition

Michael Workman solo e xhibition May 28, 2021 - June 10, 2021

Cover Image: Little Sheep Farm in the Morning oil 10 x 10

Meyer Gallery

225 Canyon Road Santa Fe, NM 87501 505.983.1434 800.779.7387 www.meyergalleries.com

Michael Workman, his wife Laurel, and their children live in Utah. He received both his BA and completed his MFA from Brigham Young University in 1992. His style is “contemporary traditionalism” as noted by Focus/Santa Fe magazine.

“I think I’m producing something people long for,” he says. “My watchword is beauty.

I’m after producing something beautiful. For me it’s a spiritual thing. I see beauty everywhere I look.” He was highly influenced by George Innes who believed that art should evoke emotion in people.

Workman’s art has won wide acceptance by collectors, artists and critics. He has been featured in Art-Talk, Southwest Art,and several other publications as well as an invited artist of the Mountain Oyster Club annual show and the Northwest Rendezvous show.

The harmony of his work is a theme that follows through his life and family. His paintings are carefully planned, but yet are full of life and feeling. Letting his brush find the right balance between classical and romantic - formula and freedom - Workman harbors no desire to be the god of art, but rather to bring glory to God through his art. “I like to make people feel things, and I use landscape and animals to do that,” he says. “I want to communicate on more than one level.”

Much of Michael’s work includes some architectural influence similar to the Baroque period when many artists were also draftspersons. This is not really a surprise since Michael spent almost seven years working as an architectural illustrator prior to his return to school to complete his college training.

Workman finds his creative juices stirred by sunsets, cool gray days, late evenings, vast fields and the simple elegance of animals. Always his work is one of balance of the definite and the abstract. It is the classical and romantic, not in opposition but blending in harmony, that entice the viewer to become part of the pastoral landscape.

Generally, his paintings are in the size range of 12x16 to 36x72 inches. All paintings are on birch board surrounded by frames designed or personally selected by the artist. He feels the frame is a critical element in the totality of his art. Meyer Gallery is honored to be the exclusive representative of this very special artist.

Small Spring Landscape with Sheep oil 5 x 10

White Bungalow With Red Roof #2 oil 8 x 8

Tribute to George Inness oil 6 x 8

Valley Sunrise oil 10 x 10

Little Sheep Farm in the Morning oil 10 x 10

Toscana Riveditata oil 32 x 32

Late Evening Mountain Home oil 7.25 x 15

Wasatch Front oil 14 x 72

Tuscany with Rain oil 8 x 8

San Rafael Morning Sunrise #2 oil 7.25 x 12.5

San Rafael Sunrise #1 oil 8.5 x 10

“I look for things that are be

eautiful without being overly syrupy sweet.”

- Michael Workman

Morning Horse in Thistle #1 oil 9 x 9

Small Evening Sketch with Sheep oil 6 x 8

Mountains I Grew Up With oil 10 x 10

Mountains I Grew Up With #2 oil 10 x 10

Michael Workman Solo e xhibition Price List

Small Spring Landscape with Sheep oil 5 x 10 $2,500 White Bungalow with Red Roof #2 oil 8 x 8 $2,400

Tribute to George Inness oil 6 x 8 $2,500 Valley Sunrise oil 10 x 10 $2,900 Little Sheep Farm in the Morning oil 10 x 10 $2,900

Toscana Riveditata oil 32 x 32 $21,000 Late Evening Mountain Home oil 7.25 x 15 $3,500 Wasatch Front oil 14 x 72 $19,000 Tuscany with Rain oil 8 x 8 $2,900

San Rafael Morning Sunrise #2 oil 7.25 x 12.5 $3,500 San Rafael Sunrise #1 oil 8.5 x 10 $2,900

Morning Horse in Thistle #1 oil 9 x 9 $2,900

Small Evening Sketch with Sheep oil 6 x 8 $2,500 Mountains I Grew Up With oil 10 x 10 $2,900 Mountains I Grew Up With #2 oil 10 x 10 $2,900

Michael Workman Solo e xhibition May 28, 2021 - June 10, 2021

Meyer Gallery

225 Canyon Road Santa Fe, NM 87501 505.983.1434 800.779.7387 www.meyergalleries.com