Michael Lynch (American b.1950)

Michael Lynch was born in Denver, Colorado in 1950 and showed an interest in the arts from an early age. During the mid-1960’s he moved to Chicago where he was where he further developed his interests experiencing the variety of work available to view at the Chicago Art Institute. Inspired in particular by the work of American impressionists Lynch began a study of traditional painting which took him around the United States and abroad.

Lynch prefers to paint from life, rather than photographs and has painted throughout the southwest, west coast, Nantucket, and Mexico as well as Italy, the Netherlands and the British Isles, depicting a variety of subjects including portraits, figures, still lives as well as cityscapes, landscapes and seascapes. His work can be found in many private and corporate collections throughout the U.S., Europe, and Japan.

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