Jay Michelsen
Profile
Jay Michelsen is an American landscape painter and portraitist, best known for his drawings of children. Michelsen graduated from the University of Nebraska, and among his greatest influences in drawing was teacher and artist Tom Majeski. Michelsen has commissioned work with the United States Navy and other private benefactors.
Groups
Jay Michelsen is a member of 1 on 1: The Fine Art of Portraiture, Complex Simplicity of Art, A Class of Its Own, Abstract Realism, All Things Poetic, Prose, Philosophical., ART ACTION UNION - CREATIVE ACTIVISM, Art and Stories Made For Children, AW Welcome Center, Beach Art, Birds and Creatures of Flight, BubbleMania, Bubblettes, Cards - Best of the Best, Challenge Café, Childhood, Colour Me Vibrant Red!, Creative Inspirations, Equine Art and Photography, Everyday Life, Fine Art approaches to Figure and Face, Fine Arts, Graphic Arts, Group Competitions, Happy Haven, History, Horse and Rider , How To RedBubble, Illustration - Artwork for narrative content, Masterpiece: Art, Mixed Media, Nostalgic Art and Photography, Out of the Blue, Out of the Past, Painters In Modern Times, Pencil Drawing, Purple Haze, Realist Traditional Art, Religious Art & Photography, Remodernist Painters, Rural America, Shoes, Snail Mail, The Art of Nursing, The Artistic Nude, The Birds, The Drawing Board, This is England, Trains, United States, War, Watercolour Paintings, Woman Appreciation, Yellow Fever and You're Accepted.
Journal Entries
The Adventure of a Lifetime
Posted 5 days ago, 9 comments so far.
Sacred Spaces Sometimes Spelled Trouble for the Worshiper
Posted 24 days ago, 8 comments so far.
Dreaming of Art
Posted 25 days ago, 7 comments so far.
The First Halloween Costume
Posted 28 days ago, 6 comments so far.
Leaving London
Posted about 1 month ago, 5 comments so far.
Entered a Challange
Posted about 1 month ago, 7 comments so far.
A Sincere Thank You
Posted about 1 month ago, 9 comments so far.
Why Do You Do the Art You Do?
Posted 2 months ago, 10 comments so far.
Mud Hole Days
Posted 2 months ago, 4 comments so far.
Don't Throw the Baby Out with the Bath Water
Posted 2 months ago, 5 comments so far.
Art
Writings
With this Resolve
Goodbye never came easy / and conversations sometimes stall













