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Monday, March 19, 2018

L.A.4.8

Brightscapes: The Way To Beauty
L.A.4.8
acrylic paint on canvas board
8" x 10" (20.3 cm x 25.4 cm)
201803044
© copyright Mike Kraus
Few places could be more different than his little English Gothic hometown.  Los Angeles is a metropolis full of sun, bright colors, and everything is so artificial.  It has embraced him and has clutched it in return with will all his strength.  The pool water can conceal, reveal, and distort with every bit of sunlight, clarity, and a big splash.  This is Hollywood.

This painting would great in a small space that is red, orange, yellow, green, 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.


Thursday, March 18, 2010

I'd Believe That Milkshake Could Do That...

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Oh, St. Patty's Day

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I believe this falls under the category of "ironic."

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Half good advertising; half too-true to be funny...

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Megan and I's 4th anniversary DMV shot

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We went Sabatino's for dinner, which was really, really, good! REALLY!

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It's been really beautiful in Chicago the last few days. Pretty much since Monday. And, it won't be good again this weekend apparently. Oh well...

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I use to think the other side of this building was hideous. Was there a discount on all building supplies as Home Depot and the architect just had to use everything?

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When did public art turn into "meaningless crap." Let's see... Not the Egyptians...
Not the Greeks... Not the Romans... It wasn't the Renaissance... Not the
Enlightenment... It wasn't during Colonialism... Not around the Civil War... Still
decent during WWI. Great stuff by the WPA during the Great Depression... Ah,
here we go, since WWII. Post war America, what were you thinking? The the war
shock the aesthetics out of you? When will you recover?

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My grandpa had this cookie jar. I can tell you, he didn't pay $375 for it.

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AMAZING

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That's all...

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