Michael Godfrey

American Landscape Painter

Solo Show

The Great American Landscape

March 18 - April 8, 2012

Meet the Artist: March 18, 1 - 4 pm
Artist Talk: 2:00pm

~ Inquiries welcome ~

Morning Towards Luray
Oil 24 x 36
$10,500

Guilded Forest
Oil 40 x 30
$14,000

Autumn South on 340

Oil 18 x 24
$6,500

Aspen Leaves
Oil 14 x 11
$2,500

Chesapeake Evening
Oil 14 x11
$2,500

Cadillac Mountain Evening

Oil 12 x 18
$3,500

Evening Quiet

Oil 36 x 48
Michael Godfrey is a award-winning landscape artist whose work hangs in many private and corporate collections. Born in Germany in l958 and raised in North Carolina, he earned a BA in Fine Arts and began his painting career in oils and watercolors. He spends hours photographing and sketching, preparing for a well thought out painting.

Michael Godfrey’s work has been juried into the National Arts for the Parks competition Top 100 six times. In 1996 he won the Landscape Award and in 1998 he won the Bronze medal for a painting of Yellowstone National Park.

American Artist magazine featured Michael Godfrey on the cover in an article "Techniques for Winning Landscapes" (September 1998). In April 2006 American Art Collector Magazine interviewed Michael about his paintings for his "Majesty and Serenity" solo exhibition at McBride Gallery.

Let There Be
Oil 24" x 48"
$12,000

The End of the Day
Oil 24 x 36
$10,500

Michael describes his style as a combination of George Inness’ impressionism with the moods of an Albert Bierstadt painting. "I paint," he says "to help people notice the special moments that happen every day, especially the drama when light first splashes across a scene." From different perspectives and different times of day, he works to capture and interpret the varying moods of light.

On a series of painting trips in recent years, Michael has traveled to paint the quiet beauty of marshes along the Chesapeake Bay of Maryland, the colors of the Shenandoah Valley, to the grandeur of the Rocky Mountain ranges in the West. Typically, he starts a major work using small oil studies done on location. These field studies provide color accuracy and photographs provide special details.

Michael Godfrey has shown his paintings in numerous national shows and museum exhibitions. He was one of 50 artists selected for The Haggin Museum exhibition, “From Sea to Shining Sea,” a two year show focusing on American landscapes. Michael was selected Wolf Trap's Artist of the Year in 2006.

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