About Michael In retrospect it seems obvious Michael Schlicting would grow up to be an artist. With an accomplished artist as a mother and older siblings all making art, the Schlicting home was filled with art projects, books and art magazines. But for Michael, outside of schoolwork, his interest was sports, especially basketball. His basketball career culminated in him being one of the top small college players in the country and a shot at the pros, going through the Portland Trailblazers rookie camp. But during his college days, a required art class brought his latent abilities to light and gave rise to the passion and direction that would be his life’s work. Michael has made his living as an artist from graduation onward, a remarkable achievement. He was helped along by a number of early supporters and collectors, one of whom was the noted arts patron JW “Bill” Fisher. Mr. Fisher, who received the National Arts Medal from President Reagan in 1987, was one of Michael’s earliest supporters, encouraging, teaching and collecting Schlicting’s paintings. One of Michael’s most thrilling moments was walking into Fisher’s home in Palm Beach, Florida and seeing his painting hanging next to a Picasso. Much of the stimulus for Michael’s art comes from his travels. An opportunity to teach a painting workshop in Tuscany led to his love of Italy, particularly the Tuscan landscape. A good portion of Michael’s paintings comes from imagery gleaned from his frequent trips there. In addition, he has been traveling to South America, with Chile another fertile source of inspiration. Over the years Schlicting has won major awards in many painting competitions, both nationally and internationally, as well as being one of the finalists for the prestigious Grumbacher Artist of the Year award. His paintings hang in over 2500 public, corporate and private collections around the world. He makes his home in Portland, Oregon and spends his summers at his studio/gallery, the Hawk Creek Gallery, on the Oregon coast.    Michael's Resume Education               BA in Fine Arts  Principia College, Elsah, Illinois    Selected Juried Shows and Awards         Open Walls, Portland Institute of Contemporary Art         Works on Faith, Jurors Award  Portland, OR         12th Invitational Asian Watercolours Confederation International Exhibition, Asian Waterolours, Singapore         Painter's Eye Award, Rocky Mountain National Watermedia, Golden, CO         Northwest Watercolor Society 57th Annual Exhibition, Kirkland, WA         Rines Family Foundation Award for Excellence in Abstraction, North American Open Show, Boston, MA         Gayle Keith-Ashley Award, Northwest Watercolor Society, 56th Annual Exhibition, Seattle, WA         Alabama Watercolor Society, 55th Annual National Exhibition, Birmingham, AL            Georgia Taylor Memorial Award, Louisiana Watercolor Society 26th Annual International Exhibition, New Orleans, LA         Texas Watercolor Society, 47th Annual Exhibition, San Antonio, TX         Smith Packing Company Award, Adirondacks National Exhibition of American Watercolors, Old Forge, NY         San Diego Watercolor Society International Exhibition, San Diego, CA         Pennsylvania Watercolor Society, 17th Juried Exhibition, Bethlehem, PA         National Vice-President, American Watercolor Society, New York, NY         Finalist, Grumbacher Artist of the Year Award         Texas Watercolor Society 46th Annual Exhibition, San Antonio, TX         Pearl Art Supplies Award, Georgia Watercolor Society 16th National Exhibition, Chattahoochee Valley Art Museum, LaGrange, GA         Jack Richeson Merchandise Award, Purchase Award, San Diego Watercolor Society International Exhibition, San Diego, CA            Ashland Oil Foundation Award, Aqeous '95, Kentucky Watercolor Society, Louisville, KY         Grumbacher Gold Medal, National Watercolor Society, Fullerton, CA         Kentucky Watercolor Society, Louisville, KY         Rocky Mountain National Watermedia Exhibition, Golden, CO         National Watercolor Invitational Exhibition, Northern Arizona University Art Museum, Flagstaff, AZ         Watercolor USA, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO         Judges Award, Houston International Exhibition, Houston, TX         High Winds Medal , American Watercolor Society , New York, NY         Dolphin Award, American Watercolor Society, New York, NY         Elected Member American Watercolor Society  New York, NY         Rocky Mountain National Watermedia Exhibition, Golden, CO         American Watercolor Society Show,  Juried Show, New York, NY         Artist's Magazine Award, American Watercolor Society, New York, NY         National Watercolor Society, Signature Member, Los Angeles, CA         Past President's Award, San Diego International Watercolor Show, San Diego, CA         CFS Medal, American Watercolor Society, New York, NY         Century Award of Merit, Rocky Mountain NatÕl Watermedia Exhibition, Golden, CO         Watercolor West, Riverside, CA         Martha T. McKinnon Award, American Watercolor Society, New York, NY         Highly Commended Award, International Artists in WC Competition, London, England         Voney Art Studio Award, Principia College, Elsah, IL Selected Solo Exhibitions         The Bridges, Rancho Santa Fe, CA 2007,2009         Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Seattle, WA 1998-2008         Freed Gallery Lincoln City, OR 1998-2005         Sitka Art Invitational, Special Exhibition, World Forestry Center, Portland, OR 1997         American Institute of Architects, Portland, OR 1997         Institute of Chilean & North American Culture, Santiago, Chile 1996         Institute of Chilean  & North American Culture, Concepcion, Chile 1996         The Gallery at Salishan , Gleneden Beach, OR 1996, 1994         Gango Galleries, Portland, OR 1993         Salishan Lodge Gallery, Gleneden Beach, OR 1992,1987         Stary-Sheets Galleries, Irvine, CA 1990         Maveety  Gallery at Salishan, Gleneden Beach, OR 1980-1996         Lawrence Gallery, Sheridan, OR 1984-1993         Sunriver Lodge, Sunriver, OR 1985, 1978         Maveety  Gallery, Portland, OR 1990, 1985         Jasper Galleries, New York, NY 1977 Selected Public and Corporate Collections         The Bridges, Rancho Santa Fe, CA         Hoffman, Hart  Wagner, Portland,OR         Miller Wagner, Portland, OR         Intel Corporation, Portland, OR         Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR         Alaska State Council on the Arts         Mentor Graphics, Wilsonville, OR         Willamette Industries, Portland, OR         First Interstate Bank of Oregon         Sunrise Shipping, Portland, OR         U.S. National Bank of OR         Western Family Foods, Portland, OR         Safeco Corporation, Seattle, WA         Bullivant Houser Bailey Pendergrass & Hoffman, Portland, OR         Western Kraft Paper Corporation, Portland, OR         Shearson-American Express, Salem, OR         Piper, Jaffray and Hopwood, Inc., Lake Oswego, OR         Blount, Inc., Portland, OR         Forest City Traders, Portland, OR         Louisiana Pacific, Portland, OR         Anstalt Awelky, Vaduz, Lichenstein         Salem Art Association,Salem, OR         Claremont Colleges, Los Angeles, CA Society Membership         American Watercolor Society, Signature Member , Dolphin Fellow, National Vice-President         National Watercolor Society, Signature Member     Publications         Landscapes in Watercolor, AVA/Sterling         A Design Manual, Prentiss Hall         Oregon Art Beat, Oregon Public Broadcasting         Best of Watercolor : Shadow,  Rockport Publishers         Best of Watercolor : Composition,  Rockport Publishers         Places  in Watercolor ,  Rockport Publishers         Abstracts  in Watercolor ,  Rockport Publishers         Creative Watercolor,  Rockport Publishers         American Artist Magazine Quarterly, Watercolor, feature article         The Best of Watercolor,  Rockport Publishers            Splash II,  NorthLight Editions         Splash!,  NorthLight Editions         June, American Artist Magazine feature  article         September,  Northwest Magazine