Mike Kraus: Skaneateles Lake

Monday, March 4, 2019

Skaneateles Lake

Brightscapes: The Way To Beauty

Skaneateles Lake

acrylic painting on canvas

16" x 20" (40.6 cm x 50.8 cm)

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Classic wooden motor boats race through Skaneateles Lake on a fine summer afternoon. After some light shopping and heavenly burgers, we decide to hike along the shoreline. An old vineyard somehow manages to survive the invasion of mega-mansions. There's a cool breeze coming off the lake on a hot day. An increasing rare sacred open space along the Finger Lakes.

This painting would look best in a space that is light orange, navy blue, burgundy red, evergreen, or cadmium yellow, purple, black, white, beige, or wood

Michael 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.