Portraits & Figures | Michael meyer

• Gary Gwin Mountaineer

  Oil, Panel, 11 x 14

• Dakota Sioux War Chief

  Oil, Canvas, 18 x 14 x 1. This painting was updated from one calle Lion of the Pleins shown below. I decided to broaden his shoulders and add war paint to his forehead, which I believe gives the painting more impact. I…

• Brianna

  Oil, Panel, 14 x 11. Brianna is my 15 yr old granddaughter who was testing makeup for Halloween. I loved the makeup and thought her expression reflected her personality.

• Saddle Bum

  Oil, Panel, 11 x 14

• Defiance

  Oil, Canvas, 20 x 16 x 1. The subject is an Apache wearing a us uniform top, who is seeing some threat. The title Defiance was intended to capture his attitude towards the war with the US.

• Blue Eyes and Butterflies

  Oil, Canvas, 30 x 24 x 1. This painting won an Award of Excellence and Peoples Choice awards at MasterWorks 2022.

• Custom Portrait

  Watercolor, 13 x 10. This was a commission piece. If you are interested in having a custom watercolor portrait done please feel free to contact me.

• Sweet Land of Liberty?

  Oil, Canvas, 16 x 20 x 1. Painted from a Chicago model and inspired by the black lives matter movement.

• Chief White Eagle

  Oil, Canvas, 16 x 20 x 1. This is from a photo I took of Thomas White, who is also known as Chief White Eagle.

• Ancestral Visions

  Oil, Canvas, 20 x 16 x 1. This painting won two awards: Second place at 2019 Enchantada Art show, and the Portraiture Award at Oil Painters of America Western show in 2023. Ancestral Visions: The present day American In…

• Rare Encounter

  Oil, Canvas, 28 x 22 x 1. The subject was a photo I took at a Renaissance Festival. I got the idea of the bird while taking pictures of hummingbirds in my back yard. The background is inspired by Alphonse Mucha. .

• Barnet

  Oil, Canvas, 30 x 40. Michael Barnett was someone I met at an art show in which I was the featured artist. I asked if he would model for a painting and he agreed. Sadly, he passed suddenly, but his life was filled with…

• Bloody Dave Stout

  Watercolor, Paper, 15 x 19. I met Dave at the annual End of Trails event. I started this as part of a demo I did for the NM Watercolor society.

• Storyteller

  Watercolor, Paper, 18.5 x 13.5. Storyteller was actually at a Mountain Man Rendezvous telling stories. I was drawn to the lighting, his hat and just found him an interesting subject. I started this as a demo for the NM…

• Just Enough

  Watercolor, Paper, 16 x 10. This was painted from a photo I took of a homeless man in Santa Fe. The title refers to the change he is counting and his limited life needs.

• Lady's Man

  Watercolor, Paper, 11 x 15

• rhapsody

  Oil, Canvas, 18 x 18. This is the second painting I did of this character. The first was a side view, done in watercolor, titled The Street Fiddler, shown later in this book. I took several pictures of him at an outdoor…

• Doc

  Oil, Canvas, 12 x 9. I won Award of Excellence at the 2014 Plein Air Santa Fe Event Doc (Thomas Murray) was a Santa Fe Plaza fixture as he was typically sitting on a park bench, always wearing the same outfit. I painted…

• Chief Morning Talk

  Oil, Canvas, 12 x 16. Several years ago during a visit to Taos Pueblo we met Chief Morning Talk and he posed for a few pictures. Since the lighting was low they came out a bit fuzzy. I did a recent scetch of him with a…

• John

  Oil, Canvas, 14 x 11. John Kohler was a good friend of mine. I did this for his wife, Sue upon his death. The background represents his commercial art vocation.

• John Wayne Haynes

  Watercolor, Paper, 13 x 18. John Wayne Haynes was working at a horse riding stable and living in a tipi when I met him. He told me how he rode from Michigan to Santa Fe with two appaloosas and his dog, after quiting his…

• Creek Harding

  Oil, Canvas, 24 x 18. This painting won an Award of Excellence at the Encantada annual art show. Creek Harding, which is his alias SASS (Single Action Shooting Society) name, posed for the reference photo I used for thi…

• Captain Cooper

  Watercolor, Paper, 18 x 22. I met alias Captain Cooper at the annual End of Trail event for the Single Action Shooting Society.

• Lady in Red from Niambia

  Oil, Panel, 36 x 24 x 1. This painting won an Award of Excellence and the People's Choice at Albuquerque’s Enchantada Art Exhibit in 2014. I painted it from a photograph taken by Woody Minnich, while he was visiting Opu…

• Fernando

  Oil, Canvas, 20 x 16 x 1. This won BEST OF SHOW award at the State Fair, and award of excellence at Enchantada 2016. I was walking through a crowded international craft fair in Santa Fe and snapped a few shots of him. I…

• Mayan Warrior

  Oil, Canvas, 36 x 24 x 1. Winner of People's Choice Award at Enchantada 2013 Art Show Award of Excellence at Masterworks Art Show 2014. It was also featured in article in Albuquerque Sunday paper 3/30/2014. I used a pho…

• The Doll Maker

  Oil, Canvas, 20 x 16 x 1. Award of Excellence winner at 2013 Masterworks Art Show. This was painted from a live model at Richard Halstead’s studio in Chicago. The model is really a folk singer who came in costume with a…

• STRAWBERRY

  Oil, Canvas, 10 x 8. I met Chris in the 6th grade and have been friends ever since. One year I decided to paint him for our Christmas card, with the thought being he looks a little like Santa.

• STREET FIDDLER

  Watercolor, 18 x 14. This was painted from a photo of a street musician, who was entertaining the crowd at an art fair in Highland Park, IL. I have since painted him again from a different angle in oil. See Rhapsody

• WILD WILLIE O'SHEA

  Watercolor, 18 x 22. This was painted from a slide I took at the St. Louis Mardi Gras. This interesting guy caught my attention while walking through the crowd just before the parade. I invented the title.