<\/noscript><\/strong><\/p>\n4-How long have you been making art and what lead you to start?<\/strong> I\u2019ve been making art as long as I can remember. Drawing as a kid with my mother, stuff like that . But it wasn\u2019t until my early twenties when I really focused on painting and took it seriously. Then I\u2019d rent out spaces and put on my own shows and try and get my work out there. \u00a0I had my first gallery show at the Mars gallery in the Fulton market area it was really cool . Then around 8 years ago I signed with the McCormick gallery also here in Chicago and have been there ever since. I also show at the David Richard gallery in Santa Fe New Mexico.<\/p>\n5-What does Michael Hedges dream about?<\/strong>I dream about my kids, and what they will become., and I\u2019m always dreaming about what I\u2019m going to make next, that\u2019s always on my mind.<\/p>\n6-What advice would you give putative collectors?<\/strong> If you like it, if it moves you, buy it.<\/p>\n7-Tell us something about the art world that you want to see changed?<\/strong>I\u2019m no expert on the art world, so that\u2019s something I can\u2019t really get my head around. I just paint. I would like to say, it would be cool if art schools taught upcoming artists the business side and more on how to try and get into the art world to be able to make a living at it.<\/p>\n8-How did you acquire your style?<\/strong> I suppose my style really just came from painting and painting and painting. \u00a0Working at it all the time. And I\u2019d hope my style changes as I grow and have grown as a painter.<\/p>\n9-What influences you as an artist?<\/strong> My greatest influences as an artist are the painters from the 1950s and 60s. The abstract expressionists. They could paint. \u00a0Also Richard Deibenkorn is another big one.<\/p>\n10-What kinds of art hang on the walls of your home? <\/strong>Art in my home is paintings by my wife\u2019s father, he\u2019s a good painter he hasn\u2019t done it in years but I have his old works up. Also vintage concert posters. My kids like to paint so their art gets in the rotation. And when I feel I have a painting of mine done but want to sit on it a bit. I\u2019ve got a big wall in my living room to hang it on to mull it over.<\/p>\n11-How do you describe success as an artist?<\/strong> If your able to create something that can make another happy, mad, question, or even sad. \u00a0It\u2019s a success. \u00a0Or if your able to create something that someone will cut you a check for!<\/p>\n12-Do you have a place\/person\/thing that you visit for inspiration?<\/strong> I look for inspiration all the time. But I\u2019d say when I\u2019m in my studio that\u2019s when it kicks in the most, and I just get going and see where it takes me.<\/p>\n13-Name three things you can\u2019t live without in your studio?<\/strong> Can\u2019t live without paint, canvas, music.<\/p>\n14-If you could have dinner with 3 artists living\/dead who would be at your table?<\/strong> Mary Abbott, Richard Diebenkorn, Paul Newman.<\/p>\n15-How would someone find you on Social Media?<\/strong> Instagram @michaelhedgesart , Facebook \u00a0@michaelhedgespaintings\u00a0 website michaelhedgespainting.com<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 Also the McCormick gallery website and the David Richard gallery website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":10093,"template":"","categories":[14],"class_list":["post-2673","artists","type-artists","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-painter"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jimon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artists\/2673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jimon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artists"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jimon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/artists"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jimon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jimon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jimon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}