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"I paint from feeling and truth."
-- Michael Ireland
Michael Ireland started selling his work professionally in 1974. In the course of his long career, he sold hundreds of paintings to both private and corporate collectors and completed commissions from Europe to Hawaii. He had numerous solo and group shows in Nevada, California, Oregon, and Washington. By his late-twenties, Ireland had established a firm regional reputation for himself as a watercolorist in both Southwest and marine genres, with his work winning awards in such juried shows as the Las Vegas Art Museum's This Is Art, or the museum's annual Art Round-Up. His work also appeared in Southwest Art and earned him listings in Who's Who in Art in America for several years running.
Generous with his knowledge, Ireland also taught various independent workshops, as well as sessions through the Nevada Watercolor Society and the Las Vegas Art Museum. In the late 80s, he was a guest printmaking instructor at Pacific University, Forest Grove, Oregon, teaching both beginning and advanced printmaking. He served as exhibitions director for the Las Vegas Art Museum, Las Vegas Library, Nevada Watercolor Society (for which he also served as president), The Burk Gal'ry, Boulder City, Nevada, and the City of Las Vegas Gallery for the show "Las Vegas Impressions." He was serving on the board of directors for a local arts organization at the time of his death.
Ireland's career also included a variety of parallel activities such as designing a cancellation stamp for the U.S. Postal Service for Boulder City, Nevada, to commemorate the town's fiftieth anniversary in 1981. From 1996 to 2000 he produced renderings and did set design for entertainer Jimmy Buffett. The background he designed for Buffet's set for the 1997 show Havana Daydream was highlighted in an article on Jimmy Buffett's lighting designer in the article "Minimalism to Margaritaville," which appeared in November 1997 issue of Lighting Dimensions.
On September 21, 2000, Ireland died from injuries sustained in a fall.
Autumn Wind
Oil on canvas
45"h x 60"w
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"Departure"
Oil on Panel
59.5"h x 44"w
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Hidden Cove
Oil on Canvas
24h" x 36w"
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"In the Still of the Night"
Oil on Panel
7.75"h x 14"w
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Red Tide
Oil on panel
5"h x 9"w
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Seventh Wave
Oil on panel
9"h x 13.5"w
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"Still Waters Under the 9th Moon" (detail)
Oil on canvas
33.5"h x 49.5"w
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"The Last"
Oil on canvas
18"h x 24"w
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Where the Salt Marsh Grasses
Whisper of Autumn
Oil on canvas
14"h x 54"w
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Commission: Grand Canyon Tryptic*
Watercolor
Each panel is 5'h x 3'w
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Commission: Northwestern Sky
Watercolor
Dyptic commissioned by Rippling River Resort, Welches, OR, 1982
Each panel is 3'h x 4'w
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Stories from the Past:
Western Art |
After Dusk
18"h x 24"w
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Barn
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Barn & Outshed in Snow*
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Barn's Last Winter (II)
11"h x 14"w
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Canyon Walls (II)
14"h x 10"w
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Derrick*
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Dry Wash
10"h x 12"w
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The First Snow
20"h x 26.5"w
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The Great Arch
14"h x 22"w
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"Highlands"
59.5"h x 44"w
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Indian Corn
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Legend of the Navaho
29"h x 24"w
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Lost City Ruin
8"h x 8"w
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Monument Valley
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North Side
22"h x 30"w
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Rusted Milk Cans
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Sedona Creek
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Young Aspen
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After the Night's Catch
Double elephant
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Aground at Low Tide
9"h x 12.75"w
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Awaiting the Next Catch
22"h x 30"w
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Dry Dock Boat
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Garibaldi Port
22"h x 30"w
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Idle Tides of August
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Nets in Storage*
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Pelican
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Rosa C.
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Rough Seas*
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Still Water Spirit
12"h x 16"w
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Autumn Cumulous
16"h x 36"w
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Back Bay
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Beach*
12"h x 36"w
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Cliff View
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Coastal Mist
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Counterpoint
14.5"h x 36"w
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Indian Summer
22"h x 30"h
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Into the Mist* |
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Misty Cove
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Misty Morning
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Morning Wash
14.5"h x 36"w
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Riverbed
15"h x 22.5"w
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Ross Island and Bridge*
24"h x 36"w
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Soft Light, Morning Light
21.5"h x 29"w
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Tahmanawis
Commissioned piece
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Wave*
14.5"h x 36"w
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Willamette Dawn
30"h x 40"w
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Departure
20"h x 30"w
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Full Moon
20"h x 30"w
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Midnight Surf
24"h x 29"w
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Night Shift
16"h x 11"w
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Passage to Lida
30"h x 20"w
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Pedestrian Intent
24"h x 21"w
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Pilings* (detail)
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Portal
15"h x 11"w
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Red Sky at Night*
15"h x 24"w
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Reflections*
15"h x 24"w
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Ross Island Log Boom*
12"h x 24"w
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Stevenson, WA
15"h x 24"w
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Veiled Departure
12"h x 16"w
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7:55
21"h x 28"w
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Par-A-Dice Hotel*
28"h x 42"w
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23rd & Northrup
22"h x 30"w
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Night Marauders
40"h x 30"w
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Night Vista
30"h x 40"w
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On the Edge of the North Wind
29.5"h x 17"w
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Reoccurence
35"h x 15"w
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Stalking a Dream
15"h x 22"w
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Storm Warning
11.75"h x 16"w
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Venus
15"h x 22"w
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Where Darkness Falls
30"h x 22"w
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Wind Over Water
40"h x 30"w
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*Actual titles of work unknown
"Some people are born printmakers, leaving a lasting impression in this short brush with life!"-- Michael Ireland, 2000
Ireland took up printmaking in 1980, using a small Dick Blick press. His prints reflect his background as a painter, and he worked to emphasize tone and value, rather than simply line quality. He used a variety of printmaking approaches, including intaglio (primarily aquatint, mezzotint and engraving), wood cut, lino cut, and monotype. The image determined which process he used, as each method has its own strengths and characteristics. He always did his own plate work and printing, eventually producing a catalog of over 25 images.
"I began my printmaking career more than 20 years ago because I was captivated by the unique quality of the final impression. The process is complex, but the end result is clean and precise. Every mark on the plate is reflected in the print; nothing is superfluous. I like the dual challenge of not only producing a good plate, but also being able to print it well enough to carry out the original intent of the image. Each print is hand-pulled by myself, so the process is more intimate than a commercial reproduction. This adds to the print's value, both to myself and the collector." -- Michael Ireland
Canyon at Dusk
Aquatint, etching and engraving
14.5"h x 6"w |
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Dancing Dragon
Viscosity print
11.5"h x 17.5"w |
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Dreamer
4.5"h x 4"w
Linoleum block
print |
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Ecola
2.65"h x 2.5"w
Four-plate color
aquatint |
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Harvest Moon
4"h x 4.5"w
Aquatint |
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Moonrise
6.25"h x 7.75"w
Lift-ground aquatint |
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Night Fall
3.75"h x 4.12"w
Two-color mezzotint on a copper plate |
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Nighttide
4.25"h x 12.75"w
Aquatint |
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Snowbound
23.5"h x 5"w
Aquatint and etching |
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Storm
8.5"h x 11.25"w |
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Night Lights
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On the Edge of Solitude
28.5"h x 41.25"w
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Raven
45"h x 15"w
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Banana Wind
Set
1996
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Havana Daydream
Set
1997
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Neptune
Kabuki screen
1998
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Carnival
Set
1998
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Greetings from Earth
Kabuki screen
1999
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Beach House on the Moon
Set
1999
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Club Margarita
Kabuki screen
2000
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Welcome to Margaritaville
Set
2000
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