![]() ![]() Most closely allied to the scope and feeling of what is referred to as contemporary “Visionary Art”, my gallery art is intentionally imbued with a strong sense of the mystical or dreamlike, and is suffused with symbolic content. Stylistically my art is best described as “Imaginative Realism”. ![]() My non-commissioned work is concerned with more personal themes. In my illustration, my primary concern has been to create a window into the themes and story elements of a particular book. I have been interested in the imagery of fantasy since early childhood and all my artwork is, at its most fundamental level, about creating a “sense of wonder”. They have two children: daughter Alexa has a PhD from CalTech and is a research Biologist in New York City and son Adrian is working on a PhD in Astrophysics.īoth of Michael Whelan’s parents grew up in Newton, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston. Michael lives in Connecticut with his wife Audrey Price, who manages. The Von Sloet family is listed in the Dutch Book of Peerage. ![]() Morse is best known as the inventor of the Morse Code, but he was also a talented and prominent portrait painter and was a founder of the National Academy of Design. On his mother’s side, Michael is related to the classic painter Peter Paul Rubens and to Samuel F.B. He has two sisters: Lorie is a nurse practitioner and Wendy is a research biochemist. Michael Whelan was born Jto William and Nancy Sloet Whelan in Culver City, California. ![]()
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