Michael Beeson

Michael is a retired CBS Radio journalist who’s been doing fine art work for many years. He became serious about it in the 1980’s while living in Mendocino, California where he consistently sold work in multiple galleries.

The same was true in Hawaii where he and his wife Gail lived for a number of years.  Michael found the abundance of wildlife and brilliant colors of the islands inspiring resulting in sketches, original oils, Prismacolor and acrylics that are now in private collections in Hawaii and on the mainland.

When he and Gail moved to the beautiful Sunriver area in Central Oregon, where they now live on the Deschutes River, he once again found an environment that is dramatic and inspiring.

He says "My principal subject is the natural world.  I’m particularly interested in wildlife, but also enjoy painting landscapes as well as many other subjects. I work in several media: oil, acrylic, Prismacolor pencil, graphite pencil, pen and ink, and photography.  Some of my work is mixed media".

Michael is currently a featured artist in the gallery at the High Desert Museum in Bend, Oregon.