Figurative – Mike Chambers Art

Digital Art Figurative Painting

Soubrette

Leah, 2000 Soubrette, 2025 One of my favorite things to do is to read the Goings On section of the About Town page in the New Yorker. In this week's issue, I came across the word soubrette in a description of an actor's role in…

Mike ChambersJune 15, 2025

Digital Art Figurative Painting

From Bad Photo to Masterpiece: Fixing ‘Green Goddesses’

Green Goddesses, not a great photo Green Goddesses I was thinking about how to fix my painting Green Goddesses. I remembered reading a story about Jackson Pollock going into a house where someone had one of his paintings and he insisted on making corrections to…

Mike ChambersMay 17, 2025

Figurative Muse Painting

House Ghost

My paintings typically emerge slowly, they haunt me for a day or three or twenty-three until they suddenly freeze in their tracks, say boo! and -- eventually -- disappear.

Mike ChambersMay 31, 2022

Figurative Interior Painting Work in process

A Wrestling Match: Layers, History, and the Truth of Painting

This is my artistic process: my paintings and drawings are the result of a wrestling match between me and the canvas. During this process I rework, erase, and even turn everything upside down to correct things, repaint and retry. One of the unexpected things that…

Mike ChambersMay 29, 2022

© 2022 Michael Chambers - Roderick, framed, digital painting by Mike Chambers

Digital Art Exhibitions Figurative Work in process

A Pop Up to Inaugurate the Return of Art & Reason

Roderick, digital art I'm excited to announce a new show for 2021! About 40 of my new digital art images will be displayed at the Trueblood Popup Gallery at the Student Union Building on the campus of Boise State University. The show will run from…

Mike ChambersJanuary 1, 2021

Figurative Interior Painting

All the light

All the Light, oil on canvas, 48 x 60 inches My show at the Carol Robinson Gallery opens on May 7th. I delivered 11 new pieces to the gallery this week for the Houseghosts exhibition. I completed this painting in Old Algiers while staying for…

Mike ChambersApril 10, 2016

Figurative Painting

The Annunciation

This painting of the Annunciation was finished this week. It is based on a painting that I completed several years ago and purchased by my friend, Dan. The earlier painting served as the starting point for this piece. The Annunciation will be part in an exhibition in New Orleans in…

Mike ChambersJanuary 30, 2016

Figurative Painting

Waiting in the wings

Waiting in the Wings, oil on canvas, 30 x 36 inches This painting came out of a conversation between Melissa, Carol Robinson, and me. Collaboration is a wonderful thing!

Mike ChambersApril 17, 2015

Drawing Figurative

Journaling 101

In June the Treasure Valley Artists' Alliance held a panel discussion on journaling. The artists on the panel included Melissa 'Sasi' Chambers, Lisa Cheney, Pam McKnight, Terry Burkes, Jeanette Ross, and Beau van Greener, moderated by Dr. Kathleen Keyes. The "Aha!" moment for me happened…

Mike ChambersAugust 31, 2014

Figurative Muse Painting

Study in black and white and ghostly

Here's the latest houseghost progression. For the past few paintings I've been trying out a new technique -- creating a black/white/gray image first, then overlaying color. What I've discovered is that oftentimes the intermediate steps are fine and could be finished images all on their…

Mike ChambersAugust 19, 2014

Figurative Muse Painting

What’s a houseghost?

Nobody's really sure where they come from. Probably Portland. Or Boise's North End.

Mike ChambersJune 7, 2014