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Friday, March 31, 2023

Arles Amphitheatre

Brightscapes: The Way To Beauty


Arles Amphitheatre
acrylic paint on canvas board
8" x 10" (20.3 cm x 25.4 cm)
201807098
© copyright Mike Kraus Art Inc.

Our stomachs were perfectly satisfied as we left the little restaurant on Rue Porte de Laure.  A tiny establishment with a handful of tables, ancient stone walls, worn timbered ceilings, and the finest food.  We hold hands as we saunter down the crooked narrow lane of little shops and active eateries.  Just as the sun casts its golden light over the city, the final twist in the road reveals the Arles Amphitheatre.  It stands proudly as if it's waited over 1,900 years for us to arrive.

This painting would look best in a space that is red, orange, yellow, green, dark blue, purple, black, white, grey, beige, or wood.

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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 Center, Art Institute of Chicago, Hauenstein Center For Presidential Studies, Lollypop Farm Humane Society, and the Lurie Children's 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 thousands 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.


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Friday, July 20, 2018

Arles Amphitheatre

Brightscapes: The Way To Beauty


Arles Amphitheatre
acrylic paint on canvas board
8" x 10" (20.3 cm x 25.4 cm)
201807098
© copyright Mike Kraus

Our stomachs were perfectly satisfied as we left the little restaurant on Rue Porte de Laure.  A tiny establishment with a handful of tables, ancient stone walls, worn timbered ceilings, and the finest food.  We hold hands as we saunter down the crooked narrow lane of little shops and active eateries.  Just as the sun casts its golden light over the city, the final twist in the road reveals the Arles Amphitheatre.  It stands proudly as if it's waited over 1,900 years for us to arrive.

This painting would look best in a space that is red, orange, yellow, green, dark blue, purple, black, white, grey, 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.


For more information or custom order, please visit:

Friday, March 9, 2018

Arles Amphitheatre

Brightscapes: The Way To Beauty
Arles Amphitheatre
acrylic paint on canvas board
8" x 10" (20.3 cm x 25.4 cm)
201803040
© copyright Mike Kraus

Our stomachs were perfectly satisfied as we left the little restaurant on Rue Porte de Laure.  A tiny establishment with a handful of tables, ancient stone walls, worn timbered ceilings, and the finest food.  We hold hands as we saunter down the crooked narrow lane of little shops and active eateries.  Just as the sun casts its golden light over the city, the final twist in the road reveals the Arles Amphitheatre.  It stands proudly as if it's waited over 1,900 years for us to arrive.

This painting would look best in a space that is red, orange, green, dark blue, purple, black, white, grey, 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.


For more information or custom order, please visit:

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

For the Best Coverage of Minor League Sports

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Lancer Louie is Megan's favorite mascot because he is a sharp dresser in his tux.


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More evidence that Rochester is crazy about their bounce houses.  


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Foodlink's Cool Can made the honorary "first kick" of the game.  And notice, he's not wearing a tux for such an occasion...


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Indoor soccer is kind of interesting because it's a lot like basketball and hockey.  Things like three point shots and power plays. 


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THANKS MEGAN!  Now my xmas is officially over.  And, in their first season, the Lancers are in the playoffs.  


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I use to think people in Michigan were overly impressed with cars and highways.  But, this shrine to the Madonna of the Highways at St. Mary's is a little over the top.  Although, when you ask Rochesterians "what's the best thing about living here" many times they will say "you can get anywhere in 15 minutes!"  


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Occupy Rochester in Washington Square Park.  I have to admit that I'm naive about what they are doing, but they do entice me with camping
http://occupyrochester.org/

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

The Monster Jam! It Was A Grave Digger Smash!

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MONSTER JAM THUNDER NATIONALS FEATURING GRAVE DIGGER AT THE BLUE CROSS ARENA IN ROCHESTER, NY!
You have to admit that my wife gets me some pretty awesome xmas gifts...


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STONE CRUSHER!


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Who will win?  Eradicator or Grave Digger?


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GRAVE DIGGER!!!  


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This is a truck line up out of my 8 year old dreams...


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The Grave Digger pennant/the tattoo I'm going to get...


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Monster Jam is really good at coming up with products.  Products like the Digger Disc boomerang


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Or the Grave Digger hat that came with cotton candy for only $15...


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CANNONLADY!  The ceiling of the Blue Cross Arena is so low that they had to fire her from the minimum trajectory, which was still really close to the ceiling.  We found out that her entire family does this for a living and her husband blew himself up earlier as "the Human Bomb."  


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Spiderman would have been much cooler if it didn't stall every time the drive hit the accelerator...


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GRAVE DIGGER!


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Just doing a few donuts...


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Maximum Destruction was the true master of donuts.  I have to admit, I was genuinely impressed with this performance.


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BACKDRAFT right before that rear tire went flat and he had to leave the show.


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Evidence of a hard days work...


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Teaching Rachel how to ice skate!  The facilities at Monroe Community College are really, really impressive.  


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My strange ice skating still life...


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This dog is so cute that in the time it will take you to read this sentence, 15 people have already emailed me about adopting her.  


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And yes, my job is so awesome that this puppy is considered "job related."


That's it for now.  I have a string of weird blogs that will probably continue next week.  All I can really tell you is I'm changing my name to "Andy Warthog" for an evening in Buffalo.  Even I don't know what that means...

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

And Now For Some Hockey

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THANKS TO DICK SR. FOR THE TICKETS!  Megan and I were able to see the Buffalo Sabres play the Detroit Red Wings.  It was a really good game and awesome seats!


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A view of the HSBC Arena in downtown Buffalo


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A view from our seats.  


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Sabretooth throwing out a few t-shirts


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Detroit was down 2-0 in the first period.


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Nacho Grande.  If you're going to get nachos, you have to get "grande" with chicken and chili. My father-in-law may think I have a hollow leg, but there was no way I could finish these.  I have met my limit...


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Pavel Datsyuk scored along with Jiri Hudler with under a minute left in the game to force an overtime and a shootout!


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Datsyuk scoring on Ryan Miller in the first round of the shootout


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Hudler closing the game out in the second round.  Red Wings with a 3-2 come from behind win.  


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The celebration


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Got about 8 inches of snow the other day.  Here's the driveway of my apartment right after work.


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What would a job of mine be without a telethon?  Saturday March 5th from 3-9pm, we'll be on 13 WHAM TV in Rochester broadcasting live from the Eastview Mall.  So, tune in or come on out!  Don't get 13 WHAM outside of Rochester; their will be a link to streaming video on our website: www.Lollypop.org.  So, donate early; donate often!!!

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