What Inspires A Painting?

Dance Art, an oil painting by Theo Michael title Dancing In The Rain

Dance Paintings

Dancer and choreographer Martha Graham said “Dance is the hidden language of the soul.” Discover original art work that is expressively talking to us, telling us little stories about love and...

Dance Paintings

Dancer and choreographer Martha Graham said “Dance is the hidden language of the soul.” Discover original art work that is expressively talking to us, telling us little stories about love and...

Noir Art painting The Private Eye by Theo Michael Film Noir inspired artwork

Film Noir

Art Noir and its central inspiration Film Noir are artistic titles that describe hard boiled fiction and works of art and drama. They combine a dark and romantic aesthetic style...

Film Noir

Art Noir and its central inspiration Film Noir are artistic titles that describe hard boiled fiction and works of art and drama. They combine a dark and romantic aesthetic style...

Chess painting by Theo Michael, four guys enjoying a chess game by the beach

Chess Paintings

Chess is unpretentious, direct and inevitable. It is sometimes intimate, always competitive, and often very emotional. It is an artform in itself, and as the French painter and sculptor, Marcel Duchamp...

Chess Paintings

Chess is unpretentious, direct and inevitable. It is sometimes intimate, always competitive, and often very emotional. It is an artform in itself, and as the French painter and sculptor, Marcel Duchamp...

Cafe painting by Theo Michael, an oil painting depicting the exterior of a restaurant and bar in Cyprus

Cafe Paintings and Restaurant Paintings

I opened the envelope, then the second one, and then the third.  And surprise surprise, all three letters contained the same greeting card image! Was this a conspiracy or some peculiar plot hatched...

Cafe Paintings and Restaurant Paintings

I opened the envelope, then the second one, and then the third.  And surprise surprise, all three letters contained the same greeting card image! Was this a conspiracy or some peculiar plot hatched...

Beach Paintings

Beach Paintings

Most people treasure pleasant memories of spending time at the beach. You see them relaxing on their sun loungers, letting their guards down, and quite literally, often baring it all.

Beach Paintings

Most people treasure pleasant memories of spending time at the beach. You see them relaxing on their sun loungers, letting their guards down, and quite literally, often baring it all.

oil painting Romance Isn't Dead by Theo Michael

Painters like Jack Vettriano

If you know who Jack Hoggan is, you are probably already a great fan of the Scottish painter Jack Vettriano. Vettriano became a household name when his 1992 painting, The...

Painters like Jack Vettriano

If you know who Jack Hoggan is, you are probably already a great fan of the Scottish painter Jack Vettriano. Vettriano became a household name when his 1992 painting, The...