About The Artist

Artist Bio Michael Chatman, is an expressionistic painter and digital artist who resides in Orlando. An art enthusiast from childhood, Michael spent hours as a child drawing figures from magazines. After high school, Michael entered college where he minored in Fine Arts, later getting a degree in Sociology. After many government jobs, Michael decided he wanted to pursue a career in Art, but wanted to specialize in one area of Art. He entered Valencia Community College where he studied Graphic Design, later obtaining a degree in 2002. He interned for three months at WKMG-TV in Orlando and since 2004, Michael has been avidly practicing painting in many genre: landscape, portraits, figurative art as well as digital art. He has won awards of Honorable Mention and an Award of Excellence in juried competitions. In 2008, he was awarded a Professional Development grant by United Arts of Central Florida. Artist Statement: As an expressionistic painter, I seek to portray scenes and images that are memorable to the mind. I do this by first drawing and then suddenly illustrating subjects that are memorable to me on various substrates and in various mediums. By using a technique I call “ transfusion” I take a drawing and transform it into a memorable painting. Many viewers of my Art have complimented on my use of colors. My motto is “Art that pleases the senses”. For more information call 407-421-8542 e-mail mchatman2@cfl.rr.com.