Stopped by Mike's web site, after receiving a PM from him....20 minutes later, I had to copy this statement and bring it to the attention of the BOTL and SOTL who need a little hope in their lives....LIKE ME!
I have spent many a night, out in the 'Man Cave' smoking a cigar and feeling down.....Why? No matter what the situation, by the time the cigar was spent, I had a new sense of self. Check out the "Man Smoking" print on Mike's site....made me think of myself....KEEP PAINTING BROTHER....KEEP PAINTING!!!
"As for my artistic style or approach to cigar art, I wish I could say that I had a lot to do with the composition of those first pieces; but truthfully, I just painted what I saw using a color palate that I really dig - mellow, cool browns. That is the kind of art that I would want hanging in my room. Well, that IS the kind of art hanging in my room. Everything I’ve done I would gladly hang in my man room. I just hope that others feel the same way when they see my work. I hope they think “I can chill with that in my room. I can feel good about that.” Of late, I think my Advertising experience has played a large part in my artistic developments. You see, it’s hard for me to reach into my humidor and not think of how the cigar I’m holding will make me feel, or what imagery it will evoke in me. I’ve done a VERY few unbanded / unbranded pieces and I think that’s because of two things. One, the bands are magnificent in themselves! Two, I’d like my art to represent the status and prestige of the cigars I am smoking at the time. I want to look at a finished piece and think “That reminds me of the (blank) cigar I smoked. That reminds me of the time I had Scotch with (blank) cigar. Man that was fun.” Overall, my cigar art is a fusion of my taste in cigars and own artistic preferences that I hope others will appreciate as well.". ------Mike M.
Thanks again,
Medic
