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 What do you do when you are asked to create a variation of one of Great Britain's most popular paintings of the 1990's, Jack Vetrriano's Singing Butler? You can quake in your boots as Theo did, or you can attempt to rise to the challenge.After a little persuasion Theo gave it a shot in his own style and here is the result, fittingly titled Homage to the Singing Butler.   Several ideas surfaced of how to place and arrange the figures in the painting. Here are some initial studies that show the process of creating the oil painting Homage to the Singing...

Here is Theo's first oil painting for 2018, Dance To The End Of Love, a couple dancing the Tango in the shimmering nightlight, just completed in time for Valentine's Day. For Theo creating watercolour sketches are an important step in the artistic process and journey when planning his oil paintings, see. Below you can see the difference between both media.  Speaking of artistic journeys what would you like to see more of this year? Doors and Landscapes, or figurative art which tells more of a story? Each genre has its own followers, the doors are popular and considered photo realistic, often capturing a moment in time with light...

Look what the postman brought us today... COBALT AIR, a Cypriot airline based in Larnaca, is currently featuring Art by Theo Michael in their Inflight Magazine and we have just received a copy of the article through the post. Next time you are flying with COBALT look out for the feature on Art by Theo Michael titled Larnaca Through The Eyes Of An Artist in the COBALT Magazine.  Not travelling with COBALT in the near future? Read the complete article here:  His work is unique, cinematic and very personal. With the British Cypriot artist Theo Michael it is all about the story. Characters, larger than life, find...

'Tis the Season of Giving.... and we are giving away this original watercolour sketch. And the winner is..... To find out watch a short video below of our impromptu prize draw at the weekend.   One unsuspecting person will be receiving this watercolour sketch above, just in time for Christmas. (Please note the frame is not included with the prize) It is a preliminary study for Theo's latest oil painting project, and we are giving it away for free. Yes, that's right. This is your chance to win the perfect Christmas gift, that is of course if you're prepared to part with your prize. To enter the draw, simply...

Our new YouTube Channel is here. It is called - you may have guessed it - Art by Theo Michael. It is pretty embarrassing but we only have a handful of subscribers to our YouTube channel. Can you help? We put together a little video to highlight our most popular paintings of the last few years. It is 2 and a half minutes long with a jazzy soundtrack.  Take a look, and if you are signed in to Google, don't forget to subscribe.      On the actual painting front here is Theo's latest oil painting of a blue door, followed by a water...