When you stop by AAPLD during August, be sure to visit our Art Wall, upstairs in the Adult Services department. There, you’ll find forty works by area artist Michael Schmitt. Much of Schmitt’s work focuses on themes of flight, particularly birds. His art will be displayed through the month of August. Learn a little more about the talented artist behind the work.
The Artist: Michael Schmitt
Community: Grayslake
Background/training: I’m a past member of the American Society of Aviation Artists, and received art coaching through the Barbara Wagner Studios, and Stefan Baumann. I’ve been a photographer since I was a child.
Preferred media: Oil painting and digital photography
Preferred subject: Birds are my favorite.
What do you want people to think/feel when looking at your work? If my photography looks like art and my art looks like photography, I’m happy. It’s a chance for the viewer to observe a moment in time so the details of the subject can be observed.
If you’re a local artist interested in exhibiting your work, please submit samples of your work and contact information to social@aapld.org