Michael Shapcott (Artist)
Fantasy Portrait Paintings
About the Artist
Michael Shapcott (born June 6, 1982 in Hartford, Connecticut) is a Central Connecticut-based painter, known for his daring color palette and emotionally charged portraits. His work deals with highly detailed graphite under-drawings which he then paints with colorful washes in oil and acrylic paints. In addition to painting, Shapcott creates art videos that track the process of painting a painting and show his unique style of working.
Shapcott studied illustration for two years before switching to fine arts for the remainder of his studies at Paier College of Art in Hamden, Connecticut, graduating in 2007 with a diploma in Fine Arts. He credits his education for basic technical experience but feels that only in breaking some of the traditional methods he was taught and experimenting on his own did he develop the confidence, unique voice and style he continues to expand upon today.
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Dear Michael,
I am so very impressed with your awesome talent and its renderings that so totally blow me away! By the way we share birthdays; so Happy Belated B’day!! My bday is 06-06-60 and my brother Leighton is 06-06-61!! Anyway keep up your developments as you truly are gifted!! Hopefully some day I can share a few of my meagher sketches with you! I am so into using Cretacolur Monolith graphite pencils right now but when I’ve tried to infiltrate w/ derwent watercolor pencils the transformation is so much less that my imagined outcomes! So I’ll keep playing around and look and read about other artist creations till I’m happy with my production!!!
God Bless You Michael and I hope we can interact again in the future!!
Leean Palmer
leean2u2@yahoo.com private mail or leean2u@gmail.com public
Love! I’m so excited to start my collection with a whole new approach. You inspire me, I love portraits!
just wonderful. i aspire to be at your level. keep rocking it.
This is IT!
That is just what I can say. I was always looking for perfection and minimalism at the same time (in a way to say only what really matters). You have done it. Bravo!
Beautiful work, Michael, just beautiful.
All the Best! :)