MICHAEL OBERMEYER

MEDIUM

Painting

ARTIST STATEMENT

“Although my paintings may be of familiar cityscapes, seascapes and landscapes, the real focus is the light and how it falls on a hill, a beach, a street or the figure.”

ARTIST BIO

A native of Southern California and now in his twenty-seventh summer at the Festival, Michael Obermeyer received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration at California State University, Long Beach. A twenty year career in illustration included works for Disney Studios, the Anaheim Angels, McDonnell Douglas, Coldwell Banker, and the United States Air Force. Because of his illustration background, he is equally comfortable with the landscape and the figure. Many of his paintings are in the U.S. Air Force Historical Art Collection in the Smithsonian Institute and the Pentagon.

Michael was awarded the “Best of Show Award” at the 25th Annual Laguna Beach Invitational Plein Air Competition in 2023 and was presented with the Laguna Plein Air Painters Association “Lifetime Achievement Award” in 2015. He recently won the “Collector’s Choice,” “Artist’s Choice” and the “Director’s Choice” Awards at the Laguna Beach Invitational as well as the “Best of Show” at both the Kern County Plein Air Invitational and the Grand Canyon Celebration of Art, and the Gold Medal at the Carmel Art Festival. Collectors include the Marriott Hotels and Resorts, The Irvine Company, Hoag Hospital, California State Parks and many corporate as well as private commissions.

Michael is the President of the prestigious California Art Club, and is a Signature Member of the California Art Club and the Laguna Plein Air Painters Association.

Currently, his paintings are showing at galleries in Carmel, Pasadena, Balboa Island and Santa Barbara.

He maintains his studio in Laguna Beach, California.