Wednesday, October 17, 2007

it's been too long.... is anyone out there?




Oh I am not good about posting regularly, we all know this by now. Thanks to anyone who is still coming by waiting for new art, I really do appreciate the support.
I am currently Production Desinging on a new feature animated film and this keeps me very busy these days. We have a crazy schedule and no time to do what we are setting out to do but I am having the best time of my career and the team I am privelaged to work with is exceptional!

I just had to post something, so I looked through the my gallery images and decided to show a few of my past favorites.
The train image is recent and similar in technique to the last post. They are textural and finished in glazes. The other two images are from the early part of my gallery career and are painted in one sitting. They are all about capturing an emotion and energy very quickly. During these days, I could not figure out how to capture the initial energy in several sittings, so I just tried to do the entire painting in only one. I had a great time creating these as they came out of a part of me that was locked away at the time. I hope you enjoy them. I wont make the mistake of promising more posts right away as my schedule is just killing me at the moment. I'll do my best to keep new art on the page.

Sam

23 comments:

TK42ONE said...

Still here. And thanks for the new art. Always nice to look at.

Marc Deering said...

Still here too. Love the new ones.

Sam Nielson said...

The blue light bus one is very moody---it hints at memories in my own brain, very cool.

Doomsday said...

Totally amazing!

Mattias said...

Yes, thanks to google reader, lovely paintings

A. Riabovitchev said...

Fantastic!Love your painting very much!:o)

craig said...

Sam, great to see an update! Wish I could see these beauties in person.

Donald Yatomi said...

Big Sam, however often you post, it is always worth a visit for me....i really like the blue bus depot one.

sourgrapes said...

hahaha I can totally relate to the update issue >_< guilty of that as well.

Wonderful paintings Sam. Especially love the last one.

Benjamin Plouffe said...

I suppose im not the only one still stopping by!. Nice work! looking forward to your next post!

Jim Schmidt said...

Where are the trains available?

Nikki Lukas said...

holy cow! nice work

Samuel Michlap said...

Thanks for all the great comments, and Jim, the trains are available at the howard/mandville gallery in kirkland wa. 1800 544 4712.Unfortunately, I think I only have one train image in the gallery at this time. Animation is keeping me too busy to paint as much as I would like. This is my only gallery at the moment.
Thanks for the support,
Sam

Todd said...

Always looking, Sam. Are you not participating in the Howard Mandville miniature show? Says 'not yet' on their website under your name.

Michelle said...

just stumbled onto your blog, and am glad I did.. I love the first painting of the train through the city.. very captivating!

elizabeth said...

Crazy schedule, indeed... too crazy for guitar hero 3? heheheheh...

The blog looks great Sam- See ya soon!

JmC said...

sammy boy!!!

wow cool to see these great paintings. i love 'em the energy in them. one sitting! the street scene is awesome!

let's talk soon.

mylydy said...

wonderful work!!!

Jordan Lamarre-Wan said...

The first one is absolutely breath taking!

Love your work!

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Akanksha said...

Amazing!!!!!

Malgorzata Arska said...

capturing of emotions...
totally amazing :)