Michael King is a contemporary Canadian painter and art instructor based in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia. He works primarily as an oil painter and is known for soft plein air landscapes, modern still lifes, and portraiture. With an eye for how light, shadow, and colour temperature form the fundamental elements of a scene, King’s practice blends representation with Impressionistic aesthetics. This juxtaposition of technique and intuition creates paintings that are poised between observational realism and abstraction. Michael is a former president of the Canadian Federation of Artists and an award-winning plein air artist. His paintings can be found in private collections throughout Canada and the United States. 

websites: www.michaelking.ca, www.pleinairbc.com, Workshops

Watch his art demonstration video here online. It will be up on our website for one month starting January 27th. Enjoy!