Artist Statement:
I am an artist. Painting makes me calm & helps me escape from chronic hunger, anxiety & physical pain I often experience. I love to paint animals, cats, birds, puffins, deserts, cakes, abstracts, architecture, houses, nature, forests, and gardens, especially, my mom’s animals, and also winter scenes. Lately, I have been painting a lot of different coloured baseball caps.
I draw, paint, colour on canvas, paper, fabric, as well as felt using acrylics pens. Ink, dyes, pencil, pastels are also part of my mediums – Anything really!
I use my own ideas from my head. I get new ones as I paint & this inspires other art. I love helping teach art, have taught art to adults & peers & hope to do more of that.
In my dreams, I want to have my own bakery & an art studio together. I hope to go to the Dragon’s Den & use money from my art to be more self-sufficient, live on my own property & hire my own help. I am also crazy about cats.
My childhood dream was to be a cat whisperer. My current dream is to live in a big modern mansion or condo with a separate studio with room for all my art. I also want family, my dreams, friends & Pikachu, my cat around. There would also be room for a helper who can buy and cook me really complicated and special foods for my diet.
The newest web site MickCliffArt.ca is still a work in progress but already has no much new work for all to see! More yet to come. Meanwhile, visit: MickCliffArt.com & https://www.beinghome.ca/store/artwork/mike-hinchcliff& Mike Hinchcliff – BEING STUDIO
Michael Hinchcliff is an Ottawa artist with Somatic Mosaicism on the 15q11 region, an invisible disability and a lifelong eating disorder. His brain informs him that he is starving to death 24 hours a day. He moved into his own apartment along with cat, Pikachu in June 2022 at the age of 48 and needs a lot of special supports due to his food issues.
Mike loves movies, writes stories and illustrates them. He works for Cineplex (since debut of Star Wars in 1999). He loves TV especially shows about food, decorating & renos. He especially loves the CAKEBOSS, Property Brothers, Mike Holmes & Dragon’s Den.
He has painted since 2004 and has sold hundreds of works. He once outsold a Robert Bateman print at a Charity Auction! Key mentors in his life have included: Carmel Whittle, H’Art of Ottawa, BEING Studio, and Christopher Griffin.
Mike has shown & sold work at The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa Art Gallery, Government House, and many Ottawa Galleries & Shows. He has a definite style and a considerable body of work. His art can be found alongside important artists in enviable collections. His art & merchandise can be viewed & purchased in person, at BEING Studio & online. His art also appear on a range of clothing items which is a wonderful way to show off his unique art
Please visit BEING to shop for hats and more!
MickCliffArt© by Michael Hinchcliff
What’s Up?
at the National Gallery of Canada in October 2019 for the first Inside Out Festival marketplace.
Mike has been busy at the Annual Garage/Art sale Nectar Community Center, New Edinburgh, Mike was there with his art and his helper.
Brain and Mental Health Art Show Ottawa
Prints are available upon request.
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