Michael Blessing

There is no picture to display. Michael Blessing 713 Orchid Cr. Bozeman, MT 59718 Phone: (406)586-3941 Contact: Send Email Web Site Address: michaelblessing.com Michael Blessing is not one to read manuals first when learning a new skill or finding solutions to a given challenge. He jumps right in. Right into the thick of things and finds his own unique way to work things out. This best explains Michael's unique and unusual path of becoming an artist. Growing up in the town of Roundup, along the banks of the Musselshell river, Michael spent his time the same way most kids did in small towns across Montana during the 1960's and 70's. He rode his bike to school, played football, drag raced, chased girls, and worked on a cattle ranch in the summers. For Michael, drawing and painting was not something he had ever considered. Outside of a few paint by number kits he got for Christmas, or the rabbit stick figure he drew in Mrs. Beagley's 2nd grade class. Art was something that Michael just didn't do. Painting hadn't found him yet. It would take another 30 years or so for it to catch up with him. On a cold day in January 2002, taking a break from his recording studio, Michael sat down and for no apparent reason began to draw. Little did he know how much that small pencil sketch was going to change his life from that day forward. His wife Melissa and two daughters, Sara and Rachael, were truly amazed by what they saw. Melissa, having a degree in fine art, recognized this was either a fluke, or there was a whole other side to Michael that she knew nothing about. So, Melissa, Sara and Rachael began posing challenges for Michael by bringing him increasingly difficult objects to draw, raising the bar each time. By the weeks end, it had turned into a game and the entire family was playing. After two full weeks and over two dozen pencil drawings later, Melissa picked a challenge that she believed to be way over Michael's head. She handed him a picture from National Geographic -- a full page photo of a boy from New Guinea dressed in ceremonial garments. Michael met and completed this challenge. Upon presenting the finished drawing to some friends with post graduate degrees in art, he was told, that with this one drawing, he could get into any art school in the country. It was in that moment Michael realized he had to find out just how deep this rabbit hole was going to go. He jumped right in head first and hasn't found the bottom yet.

Listed Artwork:   (Click on one to view more information about that artwork) Ava and Max Triple Portrait Nick and Joey Pool Side Saras Visor Just Resting Beegins, Haley and Rachael Sara and Lilly Soccer Lineup