Michael Godfrey is a representational landscape artist whose work hangs in many private and corporate collections. Born in Germany in 1958 and raised in North Carolina, he earned a BFA in Fine Arts and began his painting career in oils and watercolors. His range of subject matter includes both the eastern and western mountains, their related fields and countryside, and particularly the creeks and streams. These he renders with great attention to the character of reflections, the subtle colors of rocks, both dry and submerged, and the shimmer of sunlight across gently rippled flowing water. In all of his work, it’s the play of light that really is his subject, dappled in woods, carving the forms of mountains or sea cliffs, and arrayed across fields and hills in bands of contrasting values. Alternately, Godfrey explores the subtle characteristics of muted, softer light in mist, haze and atmospheric distance“I ask myself, ‘what is the dominant truth – is it color, shape of land forms, or time of day’. I try to understand what I am seeing, so that the final work will capture the visual emotion.” Michael Godfrey