Michael Dudash Western Painting Wood Print

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Realistic acrylic painting of the American painter C. Michael Dudash with one of his western paintings, all painted by the Dutch fine artist Paul Meijering - the original painting is 120 x 90 cm

Born and raised in Mankato, Minnesota, Michael Dudash’s first passion in life was art, followed by an interest in music. After high school and a brief year of college as an art major, he quit school to follow a career as a musician. After six years in the music business, he returned to his art, and briefly attended the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. He was offered a job as a staff illustrator by a local art director and began working full time in the field of illustration. After a year, Michael relocated with his wife, Valerie, to the Green Mountains of her native Vermont.

In 1977 he opened his first studio and began his full-time career as a freelance artist and oil painter. Over the next 25 years, he developed a highly successful career and national reputation in the f...

For almost 33 years now, Paul Meijering has been active with the paint brushes. As a 17- year old inspired youngster he joined the Academy of Arts in Enschede (Holland) in order to receive a native training in drawing- and painting technique. At that time (1980) the tendency of the abstract was running riot, and to his dismay and disappointment Paul found that the trade of the ancient masters was merely 'old hat', the realistic art being disregarded and looked down upon. After two years of useless botchery, there was only one conclusion to draw: "get autodidact, be a self-taught person!" Paul then left the academy to work for a living, but at the back of his mind there always loomed the passion of his life: to paint. At his spare time...