🌸 Lotus Flower 🌸
Brightscapes: The Way To Beauty
As I hike up a hill, the forest opens allowing the hot Summer sun through. The croaking of frogs seem to be attracting the attention of a Blue Heron at the pond below. The mud is deep and thick. It sticks to everything it comes in contact with a pungent stench. In the middle of the muck, somehow an immaculate Lotus blooms. When everything is a mess it manages to open itself up to the light.
How do we keep the sludge from clinging to us?
This piece would look best in a space that is red, orange, yellow, dark green, blue, black, white, beige, gray, or wood.
🌸 Lotus Flower 🌸
acrylic paint on canvas board
8" x 10" (20.3 cm x 25.4 cm)
202505027
Museum-quality posters made on thick matte paper
© copyright Mike Kraus Art Inc.
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My Story
I’m Mike, the Artist of Mike Kraus Art Inc.
I’ve been making art since I was old enough to hold a crayon. I’d fill countless sketchbooks with drawings, cover school assignments with doodles, and publish magazines and print flyers for my friend’s bands. And then, I became an “adult…” The demands of food and rent seemed to require a “serious job.” For years, I languished in a cubicle performing meaningless tasks for a meager salary.
But, art was always my side hustle. I started selling my artwork in junior high between classes. I’d create original pieces during lectures and commissions instead of homework. Oddly enough, being a poor student is what got me into the prestigious School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Inspired by my past history, I quit my career and took another part-time job as a cashier of a big-box store because it had the least amount of responsibility. The rest of my time I spent painting. After several months, I had to quit this low-wage job too because it was getting in the way of my art.
I decided to be a full-time professional artist. I needed the time to paint, collaborate with my patrons and galleries, and maintain my studio. Since then, I’ve sold thousands of paintings that are displayed in nearly every state and dozens of countries. I’m very fortunate to have a career dedicated to adding more beauty to the world. And I hope to share that experience with you.
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