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Michael Tavares

@mjtavares.bsky.social

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I'm an artist who paints plein air and in the studio. Most of my work is in oil or acrylic. Landscape, pet portraits and wildlife are my favorite subjects. Most of the plein air works are painted around the state of Michigan.

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Michael Tavares @mjtavares.bsky.social · 24d

Here's one of my plein air paintings from back in August. Painted at Kensington Metro Park near Milford, Michigan.
Hickory Ridge Trail.
14x11 Oil on canvas panel.
#painting #pleinair #landscape
#art #Michigan

Michael Tavares @mjtavares.bsky.social · Apr 29

I was out plein air painting with some friends at the Cranbrook Institute grounds yesterday. Perfect weather for some painting.
14x11 Oil on canvas panel.
#art #pleinair #painting #landscape #Michigan

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Michael Tavares @mjtavares.bsky.social · Apr 12

I painted plein air with some friends at Crawford Farm near Milford Michigan this morning. What a beautiful morning, feeling like spring. Good times.
#art #pleinair #landscape
#Michigan

Michael Tavares @mjtavares.bsky.social · Apr 6

A morning of plein air painting with some friends at Kensington Metro Park near Milford Michigan yesterday morning.
Spring is near
11x14 Oil on canvas panel
#pleinair #painting #landscape
#Oilpainting #art #Michigan

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Michael Tavares @mjtavares.bsky.social · Mar 28

I painted with some friends at Heiner Hurtling"s studio session today. Good times. Here's my effort.
Wood Shed
11x14 Oil on canvas panel
#art #painting #Oilpainting

Michael Tavares @mjtavares.bsky.social · Mar 27

Baywoods at Kensington
11x14 Oil on canvas panel
This plein air painting i did was painted last October at Kensington Metro Park near Milford Michigan.
#art #pleinair #landscape
#oilpainting #Michigan

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Michael Tavares @mjtavares.bsky.social · Mar 26

King of the hill
11x14 Oil on canvas panel
I painted this plein air painting last October near Milford Michigan.
#art #painting #landscape
#oilpainting #Michigan

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Michael Tavares @mjtavares.bsky.social · Mar 13

I was out plein air painting with some friends at Greenmead in Livonia Michigan on Monday. It was the warmest day so far this year.
Good times.
#enpleinair #painting #art

Michael Tavares @mjtavares.bsky.social · Mar 3

#Ukraine #painting #freedom

Michael Tavares @mjtavares.bsky.social · Feb 12

Bay Road Beach
11x14 Oil on canvas panel.
This is one of my plein air paintings painted near Glen Arbor Michigan.
#art #pleinair #painting #GlenArbor #Michigan

Michael Tavares @mjtavares.bsky.social · Feb 9

My wife calls him Doug. He's a painting at Heiner Hurtling's Friday studio painting sessions.
14x11 oil on canvas panel.
#art #painting #wildlife #panda's

Michael Tavares @mjtavares.bsky.social · Feb 7

Here's one of my works from Mackinac Island.
Mackinac Taxi Ride
12x12 oil on canvas panel
#art#paint#Mackinac Island

Michael Tavares @mjtavares.bsky.social · Feb 7

Here's a painting I did of one of our dogs.
Mr. Pip.
Acrylic on 11x14 canvas panel.
#art #paintings #petportaits#trendingartist

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Michael Tavares @mjtavares.bsky.social · Feb 6

Before the snow.
A plein air painting.
11x14 Oil on canvas panel.
#art#pleinair

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Michael Tavares @mjtavares.bsky.social · Feb 6

Here's one of my plein air paintings I did last year at the Gene Rantz Memorial paintout in Northport Michigan.

Michael Tavares @mjtavares.bsky.social · Feb 5

This is my most recent plein air painting. It was painted at the Cranbrook, near Detroit.
14x11 oil on canvas panel.

Michael Tavares @mjtavares.bsky.social · Feb 5

Here's one of my wildlife paintings I did a couple of years ago.
11x14 Oil on canvas panel.

Michael Tavares @mjtavares.bsky.social · Feb 5

Thank you.

Michael Tavares @mjtavares.bsky.social · Feb 5

Here's one I painted last fall at Kensington Metro Park.
11x14 Oil on canvas panel.

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Michael Tavares @mjtavares.bsky.social · Feb 5

A recent work i did at Kensington Metro Park
11x14 Oil on canvas panel.

Michael Tavares @mjtavares.bsky.social · Feb 5

Here's one of my recent pet portraits. "Jersey" 11x14 Oil on canvas panel.