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October 1, 2006 
Gateway Gallery representation 
September 18. 2006 
Missouri Mosaics 
Award of Recognition 
July 13, 2006 
Mascoutah Herald 
Belleville Artist Draws Inspiration...  
Conversation
 
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October 1, 2006 
Gateway Gallery representation 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Michael Anderson has joined the artist's cooperative Gateway Gallery , 7921 Forsyth Blvd., Clayton, MO 63105. 
His oil paintings, watercolors and prints are on permanent exhibit and for sale in the main gallery.  One his first duties as a cooperative member was to serve on a committee to select a new color scheme for the main gallery walls.  Michael also has been assigned responsibility for management of gallery customer data base. 

Gallery Hours are Tuesday - Sunday 11am - 6pm
Fridays Open until 7pm 
 
 www.gatewaygallery.net
 

 
August 27, 2006 
Fr. Louis Studer Award 

Magdalena,  
oil on canvas board, 12" x 24",  Michael Anderson, 2006 
 
 
 

Magdalena, an oil painting by Michael Anderson,  received  the  2006 Fr. Louis Studer Award for best depiction of  "Seasons at the  Shrine" at the  Gateway East Artists Guild Annual Exhibitionat the Edwin Guild Center , National Shrine Of Our Lady Of the Snows, Belleville, IL , July  23 - August 7, 2006. 
 
July 6, 2006 
2006 GEAG Signature Award 

Conversation, shown right, will be available for purchase in a silent auction format . 

Conversation,  
oil on canvas board, 8" x 10",  Michael Anderson, 2006 
 
 
 

Michael Anderson is one of five artists to receive the 2006 Gateway East Artists Guild Signature Award. The award is for a selected work to be displayed at the 2006 GEAG Annual Exhibition. Each of the chosen five works will be available for purchase in a silent auction format during the exhibit at the Edwin Guild Center , National Shrine Of Our Lady Of the Snows, Belleville, IL , July  23 - August 7, 2006. 

The works,  chosen by  a vote of  GEAG membership, are in various media including sculpture, mixed media, watercolor and oils. Proceeds from the sale of the works benefit GEAG and a commission will be paid to the Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows. The works are donated to GEAG by the artists who receive a complimentary membership to GEAG in 2007. Other artists receiving the award are David Cornell, Sue Lowry, Rebecca McDannold,  and Debbie Williams. 

 
July 6, 2006 

Summer/Fall Schedule 

Michael Anderson will be exhibiting recent works in oils at the venues shown at right. Click on the links for times, directions and  more info. 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
The Way of Art
Gateway East Artists Guild Annual Exhibition
July 23 - August 27, 2006
Belleville. IL
Missouri Mosaics
September  15 -17, 2006
The Art of Michael Anderson received
an Award of Recognition at the 12th Annual
Missouri Mosaics Festival of Art.
Jurors: Thom Buttner, Deb House Buttner
Historic St. Charles, MO
Art in the Park
October 13 - 15, 2006
Highland, IL
 
 
August 6, 2005 
Estes Park Plein Air Event 2005 
 

Painting Kiefer Creek , right, to appear in event advertising in September, Southwest Art.

Mixed Media Messages, July 2005 
GEAG newsletter, Among Our Members 

Michael Anderson has been selected as a participating artist in the juried Estes Park Plein Air Event 2005. Painters are required to work a minimum of three days in August within a 100 mile radius of Estes Park, Colorado in order to exhibit in one of four sponsor galleries. Michael's work will be shown at the Red Stallion Gallery in nearby Glen Haven through September 30. 
http://www.estesarts.com/PleinAirArtists.htm  
 
 

 
July 31, 2005 
Painting Demonstration 

Lauren Reading 
11" x 14", oil on canvas board, 2005 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Mixed Media Messages, September 2005 
GEAG newsletter, Among Our Members 

Michael Anderson demonstrated plein air painting from a model at the West Belleville Promotional Event at the Arcades on Sunday, July 31. The street fair featured art displays, live music, food & wine.

 
 
July 24, 2005, 
2005 Gateway East Artists Guild Annual Exhibition  
Best Of Show Award 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Feeding The Ducks, 2005, 
14" h x 11"w, 
oil on canvas board. 
 
 
 

 

Belleville News Democrat , 7/24/05. 
Exhibition paints smiles on art lovers at shrine  
Exhibit continues through Sept. 30 
By Mike Fitzgerald 

BELLEVILLE, IL-- With deft, vivid strokes of green, blue and yellow oils on canvas, artist Michael Anderson created a tableau that impressed internationally renowned painter Billyo O'Donnell. O'Donnell was the judge and jury Saturday at the Gateway East Artist's Guild and Exhibition. And so impressed was he with Anderson's painting, "Feeding the Ducks" -- an impressionistic scene showing a family tossing food at ducks approaching a gushing Tower Grove fountain -- O'Donnell awarded Anderson the coveted blue ribbon signifying "Best of Show." Anderson, a celebrated professional artist in his own right , provided one of the 140 entries in the guild's biggest exhibit ever.

 
July 20, 2005 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Koi, Japanese Brocade
30" h x 15" w, 2004
Acrylic on masonite panel.
Belleville Suburban Journal, 7/20/05 
The way of art 
by Jo Kathmann, News from the road 
 "En plein air" is the theme of this weekend's Gateway East Artists Art Show and Sale at the Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows in Belleville. The artists who entered the show were encouraged to reflect their enjoyment of life and the beauty of the Shrine in their work. The sixty entries that best reflect the theme will be on display in the Edwin Guild Center through September 30, 2005. Pictured examples of last year's talent is the "best of  show" acrylic by Michael Anderson entitled "Koi, Japanese Brocade."
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May 27, 2005 
Landscapes  
Foundry Art Center 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mixed Media Messages, June 2005 
GEAG newsletter, Among Our Members 

An oil painting entitled Creek, Spring, 2005 by Michael Anderson has been accepted into "Landscapes" at the Foundry Art Center, 520 North Main Street Center, St. Charles, MO. The exhibition runs from May 27 to July 15, 2005. The show was judged by artist Bryan Haynes.

 
April 30, 2005 
Augusta Plein Air Event 2005 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mixed Media Messages, May 2005 
GEAG newsletter, Among Our Members 

Michael Anderson was one of 80 artists participating in the Augusta Plein Air Event 2005 in Augusta, Missouri. The ten day event concluded April 30 with an awards/auction and sale. 

Photo: Joan Dietrich

 
February 10, 2005 
Mont Blanc Demo 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mont Blanc sketch pen 
is actually a pencil.
 
 
 
 
Mixed Media Messages, March 2005 
GEAG newsletter, Among Our Members 

Michael Anderson was the featured sketch artist at a Valentines event at the Mont Blanc Boutique at  Plaza Frontenac, February 10. Michael exhibited four paintings and his sketch books. He drew sketches with the Mont Blanc Leonardo da Vinci Sketch Pen for boutique customers and invited guests. 
 

 
October 17, 2004 
Gateway Pastel Artists 
Juried Exhibiton 

Honorable Mention Award 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
Michael Anderson's  
"Aunt Betty's Cow" is a 
pastel painting that is part  
of the 4th annual 
Gateway Pastel Artists  
Juried Exhibition. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
South City Journal, 10/ 20/2004 
Creative Art Gallery and Framing owner promotes local art  
by Julie Randle, Lifestyle Editor 

Mary Ellen Shortland knows good art when she sees it. After all she's a St. Louis gallery owner with 30 years of experience. Shortland recently lent a helping hand to artists in the Gateway Pastel Society. Her Creative Art Gallery is featuring the 4th annual GPA juried exhibition. "The richness and depth of color you can get with pastel is stunning and amazing. It stands on its own, " said Shortland. Artists use a variety of techniques and perspectives. For instance, Michael Anderson's "Aunt Betty's Cow" has a white fence, a barn and green pasture with little lines of blue, green, orange, black and white. "It is a differeent technique, it's kind of light hearted and fun," said Shortland, "kind of like van Gogh with pastels." The pastel pieces were judged by Douglas Dawson, an artist instructor at the Art Students League in Denver and member of the American Watercolor Society and the Pastel Society of America. 
 

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