M I C H A E  L    D O W N S Love at the Oak oil on panel, 32"x42", $5,900.00

Michael Downs greatest satisfaction comes from portraying simple things from everyday life.  Light is the most crucial factor in the rendering of his paintings, as it can change the most ordinary and sometimes unnoticed subjects into the extraordinary.  Painting primarily in oil, Downs achieves a sense of immediacy and spontaneity by painting his compositions in what he refers to as a wet on wet process, thus stating less with more.  Downs' love of painting encompasses the entire creative process, from choosing supports through to the final varnishing and framing; and finally after hanging a finished painting in his studio for several weeks - "letting it go". CLICK ON ARROW TO VIEW IMAGES