Oil paintings for sale by Michael Wright. Commissions welcomed.
The Palace exhibition is proudly sponsored by FTW Malta, LeMakoo's favourite modern framers.
'LeMakoo, thanks, I am so happy with the painting, the room glows, everyone who looks at it is just amazed.' JF Malta.
'One word to describe it Mike.........STUNNING.' JA Malta.
'Very nice. I like the jackson pollock style splashings..but in much more delicate way to compliment the beauty.' IR Manchester.
'wooow, that's beautiful.' TF Malta.
'love it! prosit hafna!.' MD Malta.
'Mike, your work is truly stunning.' KB Malta.
'Thanks again Mike. The original is definitely even more stunning than the photo. Just love it! The careful packaging also paid off - it's in perfect condition.' LW Germany.
About the artist.
'I love beauty and I love oil paints and the texture and shine they produce. I like to see the brush strokes so I know I'm looking at a work of art and not a photograph. I believe in marrying a painting to its frame and the room it resides in.
I produce mostly Oil paintings because nothing has yet been invented that has a chance to last as long. I like the feeling that my work will survive long after me.
Originally from Australia, Michael Wright has chosen to live in Malta after a lifetime working with the largest media organisations in Sydney and London.
His mission is simple, to capture beauty through art.
Michael began his journey as an artist on The Sydney Morning herald in 1986. He since moved to London where he worked on ‘The Times’ and the ‘Daily Mirror’ eventually becoming a political cartoonist for ‘The European’ He has produced work for such names as Ferrari and Benetton.
Using only the finest, highest quality art materials available. Michael aspires to longevity in his paintings, to give them the chance of survival for hundreds of years.
The dream is to create a high class studio in Malta with like minded people and artists. Profitable, exclusive and internationally acclaimed. LeMakoo is the brand and the first step of that dream.
If you wish to become a part of this vision, or even just a have a thought, please be encouraged to simply leave a message.
Michael lives by new ideas and loves to see them snowball.
Michael's work has been sold all over the world and sits in many private collections. His first solo show in the Isle Of Man was a sell out.
In Malta LeMakoo has exhibited his work at the Trade Fair, the Home Exhibition and performed live oil painting demonstrations at Bay Street, Ideacasa and Touchstone Gallery.
Michael Wright is an artist and writer with a passion for expression in many forms. He has written and used illustrations in the media to portray and inform all over the world.
Born and raised in Sydney, he was fortunate to get a position at Fairfax Newspapers at an early age that influenced the rest of his life. From there, following in the footsteps of countless Australians he landed at Heathrow airport in London to pursue his ambitions. Once again he was fortunate in gathering a wide range of experience on a number of London's leading newspapers over a period of many years. 'The most fun I had was with the Daily Mirror, the office was full of energy, talent and drive and I found myself in many interesting situations.'
10 April 1992: A large IRA bomb explodes outside 30 St Mary Axe in the City of London. Wright was tasked with describing and drawing the entire incident for the Sunday Telegraph. Searching through the bomb crater gathering evidence with his camera and notepad in a scene of devastation, he noticed a small delicate ship sculpture in a glass case that had survived the blast totally intact, barely ten metres from the epicentre. 'The glass case was covered in debris, the roof of the building above it was missing, yet somehow this most fragile of things had survived.'
1993-94: Drawing front page political cartoons for The European. Major stories at that time were the Bosnian war, the referendums and negotiations forming the European Union and Russia coping with the fall of communism. 'I enjoyed drawing Russians in their big fur coats and hats, they were easily caricatured and instantly recognisable. Drawing cartoons about the war in Bosnia was tricky. I had to tread a fine line introducing humour into a subject filled largely with tragedy. I found that attacking politicians was always easy and I was delighted to receive correspondence from the public.'
2008-9: The Credit Crunch. As a PR stunt for a financial trading company, Wright managed to get financial news related to the credit crunch on all the world's major news wires, and therefore into all the world's major newspapers. This occurred almost every day during the crisis. 'Editors were desperate for copy on a major news story that many people new little about. I visited all the major news wires in London and supplied them with fresh quotes every day about the state of the financial markets.' This act alone raised the profile of the company considerably as each quote included the company name.
Assorted Links
Chelsea International Fine Art Competition
http://www.agora-gallery.com/competition/art_contest_main.aspx
Agora Gallery is the proud sponsor of the Chelsea International Fine Art Competition, which offers contemporary artists the opportunity to show their original art at one the most acclaimed juried art shows in Chelsea, New York’s art galleries district.
