Welcome to the Imagekind art gallery of Michael Creese, featuring colorful and richly textured impasto oil paintings of flowers, landscapes, koi fish ponds, and still life.

Thank you for taking the time to learn more about me. I was born in Chicago, Illinois, and studied art at Carnegie Mellon University, where I received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. I paint in the oil impasto style, a technique used in art where paint is laid thickly on canvas, leaving visible brush (or palette knife) strokes. When dry, impasto provides a great deal of texture to the finished painting. I also work with several other mediums in addition to oils, most notably watercolors.

I have been fortunate to receive several first-place awards in national competitions, and my paintings have been purchased by collectors throughout the United States, as well as internationally. I am currently a member of the National Oil and Acrylic Painters' Society.