ART FOR RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL SPACES
Nature from the Inside Out
Michael Croman spent a lifetime pursuing one goal: to paint the natural environment from the inside out. Letting paint and turpentine move freely across the canvas, he captured nature's seemingly random, fractal patterns and shaped them into highly structured designs. His paintings are not records of any one place. They capture its spirit, where sky, land, and water echo one another in color, light, and rhythm.
American Landscape Painting
Discover the world of Michael Croman’s richly textured paintings, where the spirit of place comes alive through intricate detail and masterful technique. Exploring the interplay of sky, land, and water, Croman blurs the boundaries between them through shifting color, light, and texture. His landscapes invite viewers to look closer, revealing unexpected beauty, depth, and wonder.
The technique Michael uses brings out an amazing faux teature in his paintings.
Kathleen Garrett
Northwind Arts, Exhibit Director
About the Artist
Michael Croman began painting after graduating from Southern Connecticut State University in 1961. Trained in the abstraction of the 1960s, he moved through several major styles and subjects before retiring from outside work in February 2001 to paint full-time. That change brought him to landscape and a more subjective way of seeing.
As his work grew more experimental, he gave the materials a larger role. Paint, turpentine, cloths, and brushes interacted with the canvas, and the medium's free flow let him paint nature from the inside out. He loved painting sky, land, and water in ways that show how alike they are: clouds that echo the shape of the land, land that echoes the surface of the sea.
His work has been shown in galleries and exhibitions from New York to Olympia, Washington, where he has lived since 1980. It is represented in over 160 private collections throughout the United States and abroad. Most collectors own more than one of his paintings.
Michael Croman's Painting Process