The Art of Michael Whelan by Michael Whelan

Whelan’s work has been featured in museum, university, and gallery exhibitions in this country, Europe, Australia, and Asia. His figurative work is painted from life, working with live models from initial monochromatic studies to the final finished oils or acrylics. He has turned his attention entirely to his gallery art, in a visual exploration of our own interior space as human beings.

He consults with major technology and music companies and mentors artists around. A self-described Imaginative Realist, he has earned an enormous, loyal fan base for his dreamlike paintings which combine brilliant classical technique with wholly original, often spiritually symbolic, subject matter. Michael is an expert on copyright law, music monetization and digital rights. Shop affordable wall art to hang in dorms, bedrooms, offices, or anywhere blank walls arent. In this field his hundreds of outstanding paintings have been the subject of four books, and have won him an unprecedented fifteen Hugo awards. Unique Michael Whelan Posters designed and sold by artists. Michael Whelan is one of the world’s premier. He also attended the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles for a short period of time.įor the past two decades, Whelan has been known primarily as one of the world's top illustrators of speculative fiction, having completed more than 350 cover illustrations for major science fiction works. Whelan paintings are rich in symbolism and offer many layers of meaning to be explored, but Michael Whelan’s lifelong passion has been to live up to his favorite quote from G.K Chesterton: The dignity of the artist lies in his duty of keeping awake the sense of wonder in the world. Stewart and Raymond Brose as his 'primary mentors and influences' during his training. in Painting as a President's Scholar from San Jose State University. Michael Whelan was born in 1950, in Culver City, California.

The Art of Michael Whelan by Michael Whelan