Feature Artist Mike Jell.

Michael Jell was born in Maidstone, England. His family moved to Zimbabwe, Africa at the age of 5 and left when he was 17. They moved to Canada.

Michael was fortunate to have good teachers who encouraged his artistic talents. He attended Sheridan College of Art in Ontario. The positive feedback and support from his art teachers gave him an excellent foundation and he has continued to develop and learn on his own. Now living in Vernon, British Columbia Canada.

Michael has worked in a number of different mediums but over time has found that oil and acrylic suit his style the best. He is a member of The Federation of Canadian Artists and Oil Painters of America.

Michael also has an appreciation of the natural world and spends much of his time exploring the Okanagan area. Over the past few years Michael's interests have led him to landscape paintings depicting the beauty of the Okanagan area. The past 3 years Street scenes have had a big impact in his art. His ambition is to continue to evolve and grow as an artist. Michael has paintings in the U.S.A, Europe and across Canada.

Michael won the Gold Award for his painting "Back to the Beginning" at the Thompson-Nicola-Shuswap Chapter of the Federation of Canadian Artists in April 2012. This painting was also chosen as a finalist in the Southwest Art Magazine, January 2014 issue.

 

Michael has won People's Choice and Best of Show, among other awards, at national and regional juried shows he has participated in.

 

Michael's work has been published in and chosen for the front page of Art Avenue, a magazine published by the Federation of Canadian Artists, and Beef In B.C., published by the B.C. Cattleman's Association