Michael Praed
 | | Rocky Harbour | | |
|  | | Towards Kynance | | |
|  | | Cliff Harbour | | |
|  | | Summers Day Lamorna | | |
|  | | Polperro | | |
|  | | Falmouth Town | | |
|  | | Small Craft Arrives | | |
|  | | Coming Along Side | | |
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Michael has emerged as one of the most prolific and successful of the contemporary Cornish artists. His style is intriguing and sometimes a disturbing combination of realism and abstraction. He portrays the beauty of Cornish harbours and seascapes in his own distinctive style. Deserted breakwaters curve pincer-like into an empty sea. Bright boat hulls stand stark against the gentle wash of sea. His work is always beautifully composed and the simplicity of the framing complements the evocative clarity of his paintings.
He was born in Cornwall in 1941. His education included study at Penzance and Falmouth Schools of Art and Brighton College of Art. In 1965 he returned to Cornwall and in 1967 became a member of the Newlyn and Penwith Societies of Artists and has since been exhibiting nationally and internationally for over thirty years and has held immensely successful one man shows at the prestigious Penwith Gallery, St. Ives in 1991, 1994, 1997, and 2000
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