Fredric Michael Wood, 1944 | Impressionist painter

Fredric Michael Wood is a "Signature" Member of Oil Painters of America, and Associate Member of the American Impressionist Society.

In short, I've been a professional artist for the past 30 years. In that time I have paticipated in numerous national and regional exhibitions, and have been fortunate to have garnered some recognition along the way. My painting "Offshore Breeze" was selected for the 2002 30th Anniversary Issue Cover of Southwest Art.

Michael is the recipient of numerous Regional and National awards, and been featured in several publications including the Cover Art for the 2002 Southwest Art Magazine Anniversary issue. His work is collected internationally.

His paintings are regularly selected into juried exhibitions such as the annual 'Salon International' exhibition hosted by Greenhouse gallery of Fine Art in San Antonio, Tx. and the Annual Oil Painters of America Juried Exhibition

I've been a professional artist for the past 30 years. In that time I have participated in numerous national and regional exhibitions, and have been fortunate to have garnered some recognition along the way. My painting "Offshore Breeze" was selected for the 2002 30th Anniversary Issue Cover of Southwest Art.

My passion for painting came about while my family was stationed in France in the mid 50's. I discovered European art there and was drawn to it and captivated by it into my college years when art became more expressive and less defined formally.

Because of my early exposure to the classic and the romantic artists of earlier times, and later the impressionists, particularly the American Impressionists, I resolved to continue my explorations of the traditional techniques and images which had inspired me.

My greatest motivation and my greatest challenge came from trying to absorb and emmulate the styles of artists which preceeded me; artists like Sorolla, Sargent and other fine art luminaries, of the 19th and 20th century, and also many of the great American artist/illustrators of the "Golden Age" of illustration from the 19th and 20th century: Frank Tenney Johnson, N. C. Wyeth, Frank Benson and many others, while bringing into the mix my own unique vision and style.