Michael Anderson Studio   
Art & Illustration   
22 Howard Drive / Belleville, IL / 62223    
Phone/Fax / 618 538 5622   
email / mike@michaelandersonstudio.com  
 
Painting on location -en plein air- allows the artist to capture fleeting moments of light and color.  This page features my recent work in oil and watercolor.  Member:  Missouri Plein Air Painters Association. www.missouripleinair.com , Oil Painters of America, associate, Saint Louis Watercolor Society 
All works are the copyright of Michael Anderson. 
 
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Bluff, Road, Columbia, IL
14" h x 20"w, watercolor,  Michael Anderson, 2008
Juror's Choice Award , Big Splash 2008, Saint Louis Watercolor Society
 
 
2008 Exhibitions Gateway Gallery/Clayton, MO
Gateway Gallery  
 7921 Forsyth Blvd. , Clayton, MO.  

Artist's Reception   
Sept 5, 2008, 6-9 pm  
Art Fair Party 

St. Louis Art Fair 
Sept 5-8  Open 
during fair hours. 
 
 
 
Mt. Pleasant Winery
18" h x 24"w, watercolor,  Michael Anderson, 2008
Paint The Label Winner, Augusta Plein Air Event  SOLD
 Meet Me At The Muny
14" h x 20"w, watercolor,  Michael Anderson, 2008
Kerchner Memorial Award For Transparent Watercolor, Gateway East Artists Guild
 
Exhibitions/Events 
 
Studio De Michel, Sept 29-Oct 27,2008 
39 N. Main Street, 
St. Genevieve, MO 
Gallery reception , Sept 26, 7-9pm 

Plein Air Workshop, October 2, 2008  
St. Genevieve Artist's Guild  

Art In The Park  
October 10-12, 2008 
Lindendale park, Highland, IL  
2007 Recipient:  Dona Weder Abbott Award For Artistic Achievement  
 
 
 
  
Lafayette Square Plein Air 2007 photos clockwise: Painting on the rooftop at Vin de Set; passersby look over my shoulder while painting on the plaza; work in progresss and the finished painting. 

Plaza At Twilight, 
10" h x 20"w, oil on board. 
Michael Anderson, 2007. 
LSPA Quick Paint  
Honorable Mention Award 
SOLD 
All photos: Garry McMichael
 
Portfolio/Oils/Watercolors
 
Bike Rental, Forest Park
Michael Anderson 2008
Quality Time
Michael Anderson 2008
Street Art, SOLD
Michael Anderson 2008 
 
 
First Cast, 20" h. x 16" w, 2007 
oil on canvas board.		 Forest Park Fountain, 20" h. x 16" w, 2007 
oil on canvas board.		 Cleome, Spider Flower, 20" h. x  16" w, 2007 
oil on canvas board.
 
Image left: Illinois Landscape, 
16" h x 20"w, oil on canvas board..  

Michael Anderson, 2007 SOLD 

  
  

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Image left: Eagle's View, 
18" h x 24"w, oil on canvas board. 
 

Michael Anderson, 2007 

  
  

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Balustrade, 2005, 
11" h x 14"w, oil on canvas board. 
Painted on location at the Grand Basin, Forest Park.. 
St. Louis, Missouri. 
SOLD
Kiefer Creek, 2005
14" h x 11"w, oil on canvas board. 
Painted on location in Castlewood State Park, 
St. Louis County, Missouri. 
Image appeared in Southwest Art, September, 2005.
SOLD
Beyond The Crest, 2006, 
14" h x 11" w, oil on canvas board. 
Painted on location in Castlewood State Park, 
St. Louis County, Missouri. 
SOLD
 
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Creek, Spring, 2005, 
11" h x 14"w, oil on canvas board. 
Painted on location in
St. Clair County, Illinois
 
 
Juried Exhibition: 
Landscapes, 2005.
Foundry Art Center,
St. Charles, Missouri
 
Juror: Bryan Haynes
SOLD
 
 
Iris, May Day, 2005,   
20" h x 16"w, oil on canvas board.   
Painted on location in St. Clair County, Illinois  
Members Only Award, July 2005  
Gateway East Artists Guild, Belleville, IL 
SOLD		 Flowers In Containers, 2005,   
14" h x 11"w, oil on canvas board.   
Painted on location at Scmidt Art Center,  
Southwestern Illinois College,   
Belleville, Illinois  
 SOLD		 Geese, 2004,   
14" h x 11"w, oil on canvas board.   
Painted on location at BellevuePark, Belleville, Illinois  
Second Place Award,   
2004 Gateway East Artsits Guild Annual Exhibition,  
Juror: Doug Eskra
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 Feeding The Ducks, 2005,  
11" h x 14" w,  
oil on canvas board.  

Painted on location at Tower Gove Park,   
St. Louis, MO  

Best of Show  
Gateway East Artists Guild  
Annual Exhibition, 2005  

 Juror: Billyo O'Donnell
Gazebo, 2005,  
16" h x 20" w,  
oil on canvas board.  

Painted on location at Shaw Nature Reserve,   

Gray Summit, MO
 
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“Painting out of doors from life is the single most important advancement technique that you have for furthering your development as an artist.” 
Wm. Scott Jennings 
 
 Cahokia Bales, September, 2004,   
7" h x 5"w, oil on canvas board.   
Painted on location at Cahokia Mounds State Park,   
St. Clair County, IL. 		 Keifer Creek, July, 2005,   
16" h x 12"w, oil on canvas board.   
Painted on location at Castlewood State Park,   
St. Louis County, Missouri. 
 
I first draw a small study in a sketchbook to establish the values and major shapes in my composition. I keep it beneath the painting for reference as in this photo. On this day the sun is right on my back but I make sure to position the easel at all times so that my painting is not in the direct sunlight. -mla 

Photo: Dave Cornell
 
 Bend In The Meramec River, 2005,  
6" h x 8" w,  
oil on canvas board.  

Painted on location at Castlewood State Park,   
St. Louis County, MO
 
 Summer Morning, 2005,  
11" h x 14" w,  
oil on canvas board.  

Painted on location at Shaw Nature Reserve,   
Gray Summit, MO
 
 Augusta Sunset, 2005,  
7 5/8" h x 9 3/8" w,  
oil on canvas laid down on a cigar box lid.  

Painted on location at Balducci Winery,   
Augusta, MO  
Augusta Plein Air Event 2005 
 

SOLD
 
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