Michael Abrams

Inspired and encouraged at school, Michael Abrams is a self-taught artist of natural ability and international notability, whose career has had varied directions: from fork lift truck driver, freelance greetings card designer with major publishing companies, figurine designer in Thailand, animator in Hungary to Wedgewood ceramics design featuring one of his own teddy bear characters.

Having moved in to the fine art sector, his artwork is now very much collectable and sought after by a wide global audience. He begins with a quick sketch. works on the composition and then with few colours he works the canvas until content with the unity of brush strokes and medium, often adding texture by working with a rag and with hands on paint manipulation through his own digits to evoke a sense of energy to his linear work.

Michaels paintings are contemporary but with a humorous sense of realism, particularly noticeable in his Hound Heads and whimsical cats. The Wanderer series featuring a solitary man and his dog, standing or walking through rural and urban landscapes, however, seemingly have a deeper narrative or meaning for the voyeur to decide.