It is always privileges to have Michael guide us on this exciting retreat. He is an insightful and dedicated teacher who has developed and inspired thousands in their art practice and guide participants in their current work or starting a new series.
Attention was on the handling of materials with an emphasis on the sensitive use of colour.
Michael has been teaching for over 40 years, has won many art prizes, and has established several galleries and art schools. In his work he tries to achieve the essence of human relationship, personal and spiritual values, and a balance between reality and illusion.
In his own art practice, Michael’s consuming passion is to achieve the essence or soul of human relationships and personal values, while working in a ‘materialistic world’. He constantly challenges the balance between reality and illusion. He will help retreat participants explore their own “songs of innocence and experience” (in the words of William Blake), to draw out messages from their psyche into the material realm.
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This was probably the most rewarding, exciting, nurturing and stimulating workshop I have attended. There were 15 students passionate about artmaking, with varying experiences and backgrounds. Michael is an absolutely outstanding teacher with the ability to nurture a safe yet stimulating creative environment.
Regular morning discussions to warm up the day gave people confidence, goals and the spirit to create.
Personal attention was generous and tailored to the individual with such insight that I feel we all felt inspired to take the risks necessary to move forward in our personal practice. The final artworks varied enormously in style and media, a tribute I feel to a compassionate teacher.
We learned to appreciate each other and to honour each other’s struggles. It was a warm, juicily creative group that emerged with very much respect and fondness for our great teacher/ facilitator. Michael you ROCK!!