Executive Editor, Music in a Word Blog

Music doesn't only engage the auditory centers of our brain.  It can inspire imagery in our mind, sometimes inchoate, but other times fully formed.  And to some, the gift is given of translating that inner vision into art.  Welcome to the world of Michael Morrison.

I met Michael for the first time at Todd Rundgren's Mythic Pacific Retreat in Cambria, California last summer.  This garrulous gent with the constant grin, Texas inflections and walrus mustache was a new face for me at Rundgren events, but I was charmed.  I learned that he plays and writes music as well as sings.  And we share a common passion for plants.  But it actually wasn't until some time after Cambria that I discovered Michael's craft on canvas.

A Texan by birth, Michael resides in Raleigh, North Carolina. "Currently I work mostly in acrylic on canvas, gesso board, and other surfaces. I love to think outside the box, determined to find new ways to expand my Utopia of art into many medias and directions. My focus is on landscapes and abstracts. I use bright colors in my painting to create a bold statement. You can see my lifetime of traveling experiences displayed prominently in my art."

Michael has had showings of his work in Texas, Florida, North Carolina, Washington, D.C., US Virgin Islands, Italy, and upcoming in South America. He has twice won first prize in the USDA's annual Art and Agriculture contest.