MIKE BLOOM
Mike Bloom is an aleatoric artist in the truest sense. He sets the stage (the canvas) choses the players (the colors) and then lets them do what they will. Gently cajoling or influencing the paint rather than trying to dictate its every move, the achieved result is something no traditional painter would ever be able to duplicate. The human mind doesn’t make design decisions the way nature does, nature is illogical and illogic is rare and beautiful.
His name is a double aptonym: Bloom as in the realization of a flowers potential and the movement in his paintings suggest the opening of petals to embrace the sun; or Bloom as in Ka-BLOOM! The sound of an explosion which is what many of his paintings do, explode into a massive conflagration of scintillating color or star bursts in the night sky.
Mike Bloom is a Houston, Texas artist and received his B.S. degree from Stephen F. Austin State University in 1959, where he was commissioned to illustrate the Botany manual for the Department of Biology. He did a year of Graduate studies at the University of Southern California, followed by two tours of service in the U.S. Army.
Mike has worked in numerous mediums and styles throughout his life, arriving at his current creative style focusing on traditional and nontraditional acrylic, enamel and mixed media paintings. Mike's use of vibrant colors, taking many shapes, make his paintings come to life with a dramatic burst of intensity.
http://mikebloomart.com
FIREWATER
BURST 4
NEBULA
PURPLE
FLAK
POETESS
RED AQUATIC
BLACK FIRE
BIRTH
SHRIMPBOAT
HALLOWEEN
SOLD
FISH FETISH
PUFF
CELEBRATION
VERDE
REVEL
AFTERGLOW
NEW BEGINNINGS
OPALESCENSE
BURST 6
OCEANIC TURBULENCE
