Michael Graves
Michael Graves is from New England. He was a student of Bernard Corey, a plein-air painter. Graves paints in the style of the Cape Ann School. His images are often scenes of Maine, Vermont, and other picturesque New England countryside scenes.
In the past twelve months (2005), Graves has been accepted to the permanent collection of the Butler Institute of American Art, and was selected for the top 100 Arts for the Parks exhibit.
EXHIBITIONS : Academic Artists Association 1985 Blackstone Valley Art Association 1987 North Shore Art Association 1988 Rockport Art Association 1992 Salmagundi Club Knickerbocker Art Association Hudson Valley Art Association Academic Artists National Exhibit Allied Artists of America. PUBLICATIONS American Artist : cover and feature article February 1988. The Best of Oil Painting. Juried by Tom Nicholas and John Terlelak. Rockport Publishers, Inc.
AWARDS/PRIZES Towne Gallery Award 1985; Bernard Corey Special Award from Blackstone Valley Art Association 1987; Elsie Reinert Memorial Award 1988 (North Shore Art Association); Arnold Banning Award 1989, 1990 (Blackstone Valley Art Association); Frank Van Steen Memorial Award 1989 (Hudson Valley Art Association); Guild of Boston Artists 1989; American Artist Magazine Award 1990; Maurice E. Goldberg Memorial Award 1990 (Rockport Art Association); Harry Ballinger Award 1992 (Rockport Art Association); Eastern Container Corporation Award 1993; John L. Cooley Memorial Award 1994 (Rockport Art Association); National Park Academy of the Arts ; One of top 100 United States Paintings 1994; Grumbacher Gold Medal 1995 (Salmagundi Club); Allied Artists of America Silver Medal 1995; Art Students League 1996; Florence Lonsford Award 1996; Helen VanWyk Memorial Medal 1996; Elliot Luskin Memorial Award 1996; Lee M.Loeb Memorial Award 1997; Best of Show : Images of Blackstone Waterways 1997 (Massachusetts Audubon Society); Marine Art Award 1998 (National Park Academy of the Arts).
