Brightscapes: The Way To Beauty
🍁 Toronto's Graffiti Alley 🍁
acrylic paint on canvas board
8" x 10" (20.3 cm x 25.4 cm)
202506028
© copyright Mike Kraus Art Inc.
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Toronto, meaning "plenty" to the Huron and "place where trees stand in water" to the Iroquois, is a beacon to the world. It called to French fur traders, British colonists, refugees of the American revolution, fleeing US slaves, Irish, Germans, French, Italians, Jews, and over 200 other distinct ethnic groups that speak 160 languages. This multiculturalism made Toronto the fourth largest city in North America and a major center of business, arts, and finance. The locals are famously friendly and that joy can be found on the streets.
Have you been to Toronto? What was your favorite part?
This painting would best in a small-to-medium space that is red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, black, white, beige, or wood.
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My Story
Hi, I’m Mike—the artist of Mike Kraus Art Inc.
I’ve been making art since I could hold a crayon. As a kid, I’d fill every notebook, homework margin, and scrap of paper with doodles. I sold my first artwork in junior high, sketching in class and handing off pieces between periods. That early love for making things never faded. I followed it all the way to the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and eventually, I decided to stop treating art as a side hustle and make it my life’s work.
My paintings are full of energy, motion, and saturated color. I’m drawn to bold shapes and organic lines—forms that feel alive. I create with the hope that my work brings something beautiful and uplifting into someone’s day. Whether it’s a spark of joy, a moment of calm, or just a splash of color that makes you pause—I want my art to connect with something real.
Now, I’m lucky enough to paint full-time, with collectors across the U.S. and in dozens of countries around the world. But more than anything, I still feel like that kid with a crayon, excited to create. I’m grateful to share this journey with you—and I hope you find something in my work that makes your world a little brighter.
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