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Artist: Michael Spicer
URL: michaelspicer.net
About the Show
Gallery: Haskell Art Gallery
International Airport
Jacksonville, FL
Dates: November 2006 through January 2007
URL: jiaarts.org/gallery.htm
About the Artist
Michael’s first camera was a box camera that he purchased at age 7 with two Cheerios boxtops and 25 cents in the late 1950’s. His first experiences with darkroom printing were at age 11 with a contact printer and developer kit he bought in 1964. He later worked on his high school yearbook in Brussels, Belgium in 1967 and 1968 where he took and developed photos for the yearbook.
His photographic work encompasses portraits and scenes he has taken during his travels across the United States and in 25 countries over the past 35 years. Michael likes to capture shapes in nature, bold and subtle, and the play between light and shadows. He finds all of this in scenes, often overlooked, yet so much a part of daily life.
Michael’s passion for travel began when his family moved to Europe in 1967 and he has since returned to Europe for pleasure on many occasions. His travels have also taken him to Bermuda where he lived for two years, as well as Panama, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Iceland, the Azores, Iran, Turkey, Australia, India, and Hong Kong.
Michael’s other interests besides travel and photography include cooking, collecting, painting, music, songwriting, playing guitar and bass, and learning alternative methods for healing. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Anthropology from the University of New Mexico, and is a graduate of the School of Healing Arts in Nashville, Tennessee.
Michael is an exhibiting member of the Island Art Association and currently lives on Amelia Island, FL with his wife, Carol Beck, artist and author.
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