"I consider most of my work to fall into two categories: 1. Reactions - Experiences, places, or things I find interesting with little to no conceptual emphasis. A quick, unfiltered, direct response to something. Drawing for drawings sake. 2. Intentions - Layered themes rooted in personal interests of philosophy, environmentalism, biology, neurology, and the construction of the 'Self.' A confrontation of the egotistical notion of superiority over the natural world. We are part of and equal to it. Those quick, thoughtless reactions and deeper, nuanced intentions are contradictory complexities we carry within ourselves. Life happens in the gray, against our desire to taxonomize and separate the world into black and white." Michael Rajnicek hails from Roseville, Michigan and holds a BFA from Grand Valley State University. Michael finds his greatest inspiration in nature; he enjoys running, hiking and biking in his free time.