Michael Gilbert

Massachusetts

Michael writes: 

I have been a cartoonist from the age of six and have had comic strips published in numerous publications. In 2020, during the Pandemic, I turned to doing fine art, beginning with graphite pencil drawings of landscapes, and moving on to charcoal drawings and then, in 2023, soft pastels. Soft pastels provide a vibrancy and luminosity that I believe cannot be matched by any other medium.

Most of my paintings are of scenes in the Boston and New England areas and elsewhere on the East Coast. My goal is to inspire viewers to see the world though fresh eyes, and to feel a connection with nature and our environment that transcends the artificial boundaries that separate us.