Michael Steinberg

Michael Steinberg has been painting since the mid 1960’s. He graduated from the University of Florida with a degree in Art, studying primarily under nationally renowned painters including Lenny Kesl, the late Stuart Purser and Hiram Williams. In his college years, most work was large scale figurative abstracts in acrylic. Today, Michael’s focus is on painting animals, landscapes and still life in a painterly representational style. He also enjoys painting close up views of cows emphasizing the unique characteristics of the animal. Living on a 100 acre farm including wooded hammocks and lush pastures in North Central Florida, there are plenty of opportunities for a painter to find. Michael finds inspiration in all of this, whether finding objects to include in a still life, a pasture with the bright morning light; cows back lit by the setting sun or simmering in the last light of the afternoon.