Michael Herron has been painting and drawing for 30 years and teaching for last 20.  At the age of 22, after studying for 5 years at both Meadowbank TAFE ’84-’85 and City Art Institute(now COFA) ’86-’88, he won The Sydney Morning Herald Travelling Art Scholarship in 1988 and – combined with the Dyson Bequest from the Art Gallery of NSW –stayed in the Mora Dyring Studio at the Cite Internationale des Artes in Paris and travelled for 2 and a half years in Asia, Europe and America.

On returning to Australia, Michael was involved in a number of solo and group show,s including a solo show at first draft in 1997, before once again travelling in Asia and Europe for 18 months.  He exhibited with the Tim Olsen Gallery 2005 -2010 where he had 4 solo exhibitions and numerous group shows.

Recently his works have been based on en plein air painting of the landscape, the sense of space and abstraction in the Flinders ranges,which has been charged with his previous focus on gardens and landscape gardening and much smaller spaces, often like Edna Walling or Capability Brown.

Michael has taught and run workshops and classes at numerous schools,community art centres and art societies and has guest lectured at COFA and TAFE.  Most recently convening a 3 tutor3 day workshop at Cockatoo Island in Sydney harbour.

Materials List:

Oil Painting Materials (NO MINERAL TURPS):

Brushes:

·        Bring a range of sizes and shaped brushes smallto large, including Flats bristle brushes - suggested sizes 2, 4, 6, 8, 12

·        Flat Nylon 1/2 and 1 inch

Oil paint colours (as a guide):

·        Titanium white

·        Lemon Yellow

·        Red middle

·        Alizarin Crimson

·        Ultramarine Blue

·        Cobalt blue hue

·        Burnt Umber

·        Yellow ochre

·        Viridian Green hue

Canvas:

·        1 or 2 x Canvas board or canvas approximately 18x 24

Miscellaneous (for Oils):

·        A palette knife

·        Odourless Solvent

·        Refined Linseed oil

·        Disposable tear off A3 palette or your ownpalette

·        Lean

·        Rags

Acrylic Painting Materials:

Brushes:

·        A range of different sized and shaped brushes

·        Flats bristle sizes 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 or similar

Acrylic Colours (as a guide):

·        Titanium white

·        Lemon Yellow

·        Red middle

·        Burnt Sienna

·        Alizarin Crimson

·        Ultramarine Blue

·        Cobalt blue hue

·        Burnt Umber

·        Yellow Oxide

·        Viridian Green hue

Miscellaneous (for Acrylics):

·        Spreader or Flow Medium (any brand)

·        Drying Retarder

·        Disposable tear off A3 palette or your own palette

·        1 or 2 x Canvas board or canvas approximately 18x 24