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Mike Dawson is a UK contemporary artist who paints ‘impressionistic pop art’ usually featuring iconic people, images and themes from popular culture. As a journeyman guitar player and a former public relations consultant, art and creativity have featured strongly in Mike’s life. A self- taught painter, he creates progressive, commissioned artworks that betray the influences of Roy Lichtenstein, Claude Monet and others. He explains: “I admire the bold colour and vitality of pop art. As a movement, it developed from the optimism of the 1950s and mirrored the rise of advertising, consumerism and celebrity culture. My pictures are essentially pop art, but often they have the added twist of an abstract or impressionist painting.” Originally from Birkenhead, Merseyside, Mike lives in Elstree, Herts. His work has exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition and the RA’s annual calendar) as well as at other international art shows and regional art festivals. His ‘lockdown’ portrait of Captain Tom Moore and the NHS rainbow is on display in the reception of Watford General Hospital; his painting of Nelson Mandela is in the council chamber at Elstree & Borehamwood Town Council; his ‘twin’ portraits of the Queen (commissioned to mark her Platinum Jubilee) are on display in local government buildings in Offenburg in Germany and Fontenay-aux-Roses in France.  Pricing Mike’s art comes ready-to-hang on hand- stretched canvas wrapped around a high quality, warp-resistant pine frame. Commissioned painting prices start from £795 and vary depending on size and complexity. Contact details For news updates and to see Mike’s latest paintings, please follow his art page on Facebook or mike.dawson.art on Instagram. See his art in progress via the videos tab above, You can contact him on +44(0)20 8953 6512 or email michael@daws.com

Herts-based contemporary artist