Michael Godard

 

Michael Godard, The #1 Selling Artist in the World!

Michael Godard artwork doesn't just sit there on the wall waiting to be noticed...it jumps out at the viewer with bold color, dramatic black backgrounds, and outrageous humor!

Born in Southern California, Godard was a precocious kid with a multitude of talents and a dark home life filled with hidden abuse. He excelled in math, music and art—quite an achievement, considering that his family moved around so much that he attended a total of sixteen different schools. Humor was always his defense and his weapon. As a young man he attended the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena and studied fine art at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas.

The decision to become a full-time painter came later in his life, after stints as a mechanical engineer, commercial illustrator, caricature artist and successful entrepreneur. Nothing came easy—he fought his way into an art career, inventing his own path and his own one-of-a-kind style. Godard says, “First I learned the rules of the art world, then forgot them all and painted the way I wanted to.”

Olives entered the picture when Godard was struggling through his daughter Paige’s illness, spending long hours in the hospital when she was in a coma. Desperate for some cheerful element to keep him afloat emotionally, he started a new series of paintings--bringing olives to life in humorous scenarios, rendering them in bright colors against a dramatic black background.

“Three Amigos”, “Olive Party” and “Seven Deadly Zins” were all breakthrough pieces for the young artist, launching him to national recognition. His wild marketing stunts brought more notoriety. “I don’t mind criticism from the art world or the public,” says the artist. “Without it, I’d know I’m playing it way too safe.”

 

	A Good Day Ltd. Ed. Giclee 17.5x22 $650