Vision Quest XIII

Brightscapes: The Way To Beauty

Vision Quest XIII

acrylic painting on canvas

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

© copyright Mike Kraus

To purchase, please visit: https://www.etsy.com/listing/220508597/vision-quest-xiii-original-acrylic

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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.

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Vision Quest XVIII

Brightscapes: The Way To Beauty

Vision Quest XVIII

acrylic painting on canvas

8" x 10" (20.3 cm x 25.4 cm) 

© copyright Mike Kraus

To purchase, please visit: https://www.etsy.com/listing/224336473/vision-quest-xviii-original-acrylic

I have stayed here for several days.  Alone in the wilderness with only the things I can carry in my backpack.  I've been rationing my food and water to extend my time here.  There's an intensity to the evening sun that is counter-balanced by the darkness of the soil.  A delicate harmony to everything.

This piece would work in a space that is burnt orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, or a neutral beige

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:

Store: MikeKrausArt.etsy.com

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MikeKrausArt
Instagram: https://instagram.com/mikekrausart

Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/MikeKraus/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/MikeKrausBlog

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/mkraus

Jakelin was a 7-year-old fleeing gang infested Guatemala.  

Felipe Gómez Alonzo died of an infection and the flu at 8-years-old

Juan de León Gutiérrez was 16-years-old when he died from an infection.

A 2-year-old died of pneumonia.

These are just a few of the 15,000 children imprisoned by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and other United States Government Agencies and their for-profit contractors.  They are being kept in concrete cells, deprived of basic necessities, and starving from hunger.  The filth they are forced to live in has led to flu, lice, and respiratory outbreaks, that are purposefully being neglected.  And guards punish these children for minor offences by taking away their blankets, mats, and forcing them to sleep directly on the concrete floor (Southern Poverty Law Center)

I am extremely disturbed that a country that has shown me and my family such kindness is so cruel to others. This is not about politics. This is about justice, kindness, and truth. These children and parents are fleeing Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala because government-supported gangs are violently attacking them (United Nations). After a dangerous journey, we deny them their rights to asylum (Amnesty International), we kidnap and lose their children (American Civil Liberties Union), cage and sexually assault kids (New York Times), and deny them due process and indefinite imprisonment at detention/internment/concentration camps (Los Angeles Times).  We're allowing them to die in these terrible conditions (NBC News).  And we arrest and try to imprison good, Christians who provide food and water to those in need (The Guardian).

I don't care about politics and find involvement in them to be humiliating.  I do care about honesty, fairness, and respect.  I ask that you remember your family roots, that you search your heart, and confront cruelty in all its forms.

For ways to help, please visit:

https://www.raicestexas.org/

Vision Quest XIII

Brightscapes: The Way To Beauty

Vision Quest XIII

acrylic painting on canvas

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

© copyright Mike Kraus

To purchase, please visit: https://www.etsy.com/listing/220508597/vision-quest-xiii-original-acrylic

I have stayed here for several days.  Alone in the wilderness with only the things I can carry in my backpack.  I've been rationing my food and water to extend my time here.  There's an intensity to the evening sun that is counter-balanced by the darkness of the soil.  A delicate harmony to everything.

This piece would work in a space that is burnt orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, or a neutral beige

More About Mike Kraus Art

My NPR Marketplace Business News interview about art as an alternative investment

https://www.marketplace.org/2019/02/13/business/hobby-investments-cant-escape-darn-global-economy

Graphic Ear Interview on WAYO 104.3 FM

https://www.mixcloud.com/graphic-ear/070518-graphic-ear-with-mike-kraus/

Boston Voyager Magazine interview at:
www.bostonvoyager.com/interview/check-mike-krauss-artwork/

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:

Store: MikeKrausArt.etsy.com

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MikeKrausArt

Instagram: https://instagram.com/mikekrausart

Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/MikeKraus/

Twitter: http://twitter.com/MikeKrausBlog

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/mkraus

Vision Quest XV

Vision Quest XV, 2015

acrylic painting on canvas board

8" x 10" in a frame (20.3 cm x 25.4 cm in a frame)

© copyright Mike Kraus

To purchase, please visit: https://www.etsy.com/listing/221312526/vision-quest-xv-original-acrylic

This painting was featured at:

BRIGHTSCAPES

Canandaigua National Bank and Trust

210 Alexander Street

Rochester, NY 14607

10% OFF with coupon code JOINTHEFUN

I have stayed here for several days.  Alone in the wilderness with only the things I can carry in my backpack.  I've been rationing my food and water to extend my time here.  There's an intensity to the evening sun that is counter-balanced by the darkness of the soil.  A delicate harmony to everything.

This piece would work in a space that is red, burnt orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, brown, black, white, neutral beige, or wood.

For more information or custom order, please visit:

https://www.etsy.com/shop/MikeKrausArt

I'll be one of the artists at KettleFest 2016 on Saturday September 17th!

https://www.facebook.com/events/752139868222934/

#RoCo6x6 Is Officially Open For Sales!

The Rochester Contemporary Art Center's (RoCo) 6x6x2015 show is now open for online sales at:

http://www.roco6x6.org/6x6x2015_intro.php

ALL FOUR OF MY PIECES SOLD AT THE OPENING PARTY LAST SATURDAY!  And there's still a lot of great pieces left by artists all over the world.  Only $20 per piece, which supports a wonderful nonprofit art center.

Vision Quest

Acrylic on Canvas

6" x 6" (15.2 cm x 15.2 cm) 

© copyright Mike Kraus 

Lavender In Provence

Acrylic on Canvas

6" x 6" (15.2 cm x 15.2 cm) 

© copyright Mike Kraus  

White Birch Forest

Acrylic on Canvas

6" x 6" (15.2 cm x 15.2 cm) 

© copyright Mike Kraus 

Yellow and Orange Chevron Squirrel

Acrylic on Canvas

6" x 6" (15.2 cm x 15.2 cm) 

© copyright Mike Kraus 

If you're one of the proud owners of one of the paintings above, please let me know so I can thank you personally:
MikeKKraus@gmail.com

Vision Quest XIX

Vision Quest XIX, 2015

acrylic painting on canvas board

5" x 7" (12.7 cm x 17.8 cm)

© copyright Mike Kraus

To purchase, please visit: https://www.etsy.com/transaction/1011695603

10% OFF with coupon code JOINTHEFUN

I have stayed here for several days.  Alone in the wilderness with only the things I can carry in my backpack.  I've been rationing my food and water to extend my time here.  There's an intensity to the evening sun that is counter-balanced by the darkness of the soil.  A delicate harmony to everything.

This piece would work in a space that is burnt orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, or a neutral beige

For more information or custom order, please visit:

https://www.etsy.com/shop/MikeKrausArt

Vision Quest XVIII

Vision Quest XVIII, 2015

acrylic painting on canvas

8" x 10" (20.3 cm x 25.4 cm) 

© copyright Mike Kraus

To purchase, please visit: https://www.etsy.com/listing/224336473/vision-quest-xviii-original-acrylic?

10% OFF with coupon code JOINTHEFUN

I have stayed here for several days.  Alone in the wilderness with only the things I can carry in my backpack.  I've been rationing my food and water to extend my time here.  There's an intensity to the evening sun that is counter-balanced by the darkness of the soil.  A delicate harmony to everything.

This piece would work in a space that is burnt orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, or a neutral beige

For more information or custom order, please visit:

https://www.etsy.com/shop/MikeKrausArt

Vision Quest XV

Vision Quest XV, 2015

acrylic painting on canvasboard

8" x 10" (20.3 cm x 25.4 cm) 

© copyright Mike Kraus

To purchase, please visit: https://www.etsy.com/listing/221312526/vision-quest-xv-original-acrylic?

FREE SHIPPING ON HIGH QUALITY PRINTS AT: http://society6.com/mikekraus?promo=8F6CKKCJD83Z Promotion expires February 8, 2015 at Midnight Pacific Time. *Free Shipping offer excludes Framed Art Prints, Stretched Canvases, Wall Clocks and Rugs

I have stayed here for several days.  Alone in the wilderness with only the things I can carry in my backpack.  I've been rationing my food and water to extend my time here.  There's an intensity to the evening sun that is counter-balanced by the darkness of the soil.  A delicate harmony to everything.

This piece would work in a space that is burnt orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, or a neutral beige

For more information or custom order, please visit:

https://www.etsy.com/shop/MikeKrausArt 

Vision Quest XIII

Vision Quest XIII, 2015

acrylic painting on canvas

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

© copyright Mike Kraus

To purchase, please visit: https://www.etsy.com/listing/220508597/vision-quest-xiii-original-acrylic?

10% OFF with coupon code JOINTHEFUN

I have stayed here for several days.  Alone in the wilderness with only the things I can carry in my backpack.  I've been rationing my food and water to extend my time here.  There's an intensity to the evening sun that is counter-balanced by the darkness of the soil.  A delicate harmony to everything.

This piece would work in a space that is burnt orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, or a neutral beige

For more information or custom order, please visit:

https://www.etsy.com/shop/MikeKrausArt

Vision Quest XII

Vision Quest XII, 2015

acrylic painting on canvasboard

5" x 7" (12.7cm x 17.7cm) 

© copyright Mike Kraus
To purchase, please visit: https://www.etsy.com/listing/218599419/vision-quest-xii-original-acrylic?

10% OFF with coupon code JOINTHEFUN

I have stayed here for several days.  Alone in the wilderness with only the things I can carry in my backpack.  I've been rationing my food and water to extend my time here.  There's an intensity to the evening sun that is counter-balanced by the darkness of the soil.  A delicate harmony to everything.

This piece would work in a space that is burnt orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, or a neutral beige

For more information or custom order, please visit:

https://www.etsy.com/shop/MikeKrausArt 

Vision Quest XI

Vision Quest XI, 2015
acrylic painting on canvasboard
5" x 7" (12.7cm x 17.7cm)
© copyright Mike Kraus

To purchase, please visit: https://www.etsy.com/listing/217546977/vision-quest-xi-original-acrylic?

 

I have stayed here for several days.  Alone in the wilderness with only the things I can carry in my backpack.  I've been rationing my food and water to extend my time here.  There's an intensity to the evening sun that is counter-balanced by the darkness of the soil.  A delicate harmony to everything.

 

This piece would work in a space that is burnt orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, or a neutral beige

 

For more information or custom order, please visit:https://www.etsy.com/shop/MikeKrausArt