Michael Gatlin

Michael Gatlin developed a life-long love for watercolor while studying with Irving Shapiro and the American Academy of Art in Chicago. He’s painted with watercolor for over forty years. His paintings have been exhibited throughout the US and are in many private collections. He made his living as a watercolor artist, illustrator, and designer before planting a Vineyard church in the late 1990s with his wonderful wife, Brenda. When teaching watercolor, Michael shares the playful joy he experiences as he creates images with the simplest of mediums.