Become an agent of radical self-expression.

Now is your time to put in the work and create art that feeds your curiosity as much as it feeds your soul.

The courses I’ve designed help students focus on letting go of tradition, letting go of control, in order to make art that is rooted in exploration and feeling.

It’s not just about the finished painting or drawing, it’s about the process of freeing yourself from the rules that burden us into not trying something new.

*picture taken from my Abstract Painting I class at the Elmhurst Art Museum

Mistake-First Approach

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Freedom from Rules

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A Focus on Exploration

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Mistake-First Approach · Freedom from Rules · A Focus on Exploration ·

My Process

  • Plan with Purpose

    I’ve designed a robust set of exercises intended to free the mind, so the rest can follow. I don’t want emphasis on perfection or exactness, rather I hope students will be able to feel the truth buried deep within themself.

  • Collaborate Openly

    I feel a collaborative workspace encourages an open and communal experience. Instead of sitting at your easel the entire time, never engaging with the group, I like to get students talking so they feel a sense of support while the express their identity. In a classroom, or at someone’s home, I proved a safe space for curiosity to flourish.

  • Adapt and Soar

    Every person is different, however what most of us have in common is rigidity in our execution of the art we want to make. We want things to be “perfect” so I feel exercising experimentation will help us uncover that truth that is buried beneath the perfectionism. If we remain flexible and responsive to make sure the process fits our flow, we can uncover truths that feed the exactness we desire.

  • Deliver with Confidence

    When we deliver, it’s not just a finished painting, it’s a solution, an answer to a deep emotional truth within us. When we step away and say a piece of art is done, it should be unbreakable in that no matter who criticizes it, or doesn’t like it, it won’t matter. Because we did the difficult work digging deep for the the honest truth of our intention.

Abstract Still Life Drawing

Bring an extremely loose and flowing approach to drawing still lifes.

Abstract Painting I - Translating Emotion and Experience

Develop bold and fearless choices through challenging exercises all working towards finished paintings.

One-on-One/Group tutoring

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Abstract Still Life Painting

Bring an experimental approach to still life painting.

Abstract Painting II - Building Your Visual Style

Develop bold and fearless choices through challenging exercises all working towards finished paintings.

One day or week long corporate creativity labs

Develop h h h h h h.

CLASSES OFFERED

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  • "I was able to exercise my creativity again - thrilling!"

    FORMER STUDENT

  • "I learned techniques for painting abstractly that will help me enjoy making abstract art. I felt that Mical’s specifically led exercises taught me more than the approach we often hear that doesn’t go beyond “it’s your art, do what you want to do."

    FORMER STUDENT

  • "I learned ways to get out of my head when in the process of creating, art can be anything and does not always have to be a big pristine project and sometimes can just take up a few mins/hours, I learned multiple abstract art techniques, I learned just starting is the hardest part."

    FORMER STUDENT

  • "I really enjoyed his personality and teaching style, I felt challenged which is what I wanted/needed out of this class."

    FORMER STUDENT

  • "He helped us explore many different and creative ways to express an idea, a feeling."

    FORMER STUDENT

  • "I really liked his focus on the group as a whole as well as more individual style developing."

    FORMER STUDENT

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Whether teaching children, adults, or seniors, I’m ready to provide the attention, care, and expertise you deserve.