MICHAEL ELI BIRNBAUM

PAINTINGS AND PRINTS

847-372-8552

michael@transformedbycolor.com

The purpose of my art-making is not defined in a single moment, but by the gradual evolution of states of wonder and being.

I strive to create art full of energy, rhythm, and passion, as revealing windows to the human experience. I stand in front of the canvas, pray, and say out loud, “I’m listening.”

I grew up in a house where paintings leaned against the walls and ideas floated freely around the dinner table. My mother painted in quiet bursts of focus. My father was a storyteller with an iconoclastic creative streak. Between them, I learned that art wasn’t just a thing you made—it was a way of being.

Early on, a number of great teachers encouraged challenged and inspired me. Toward color. Toward process. Toward the electric feeling of pulling something out of nothing. That feeling stuck.

This show brings together work from across many years—paintings and prints that reflect not just an evolving practice, but a deep, enduring engagement with process, memory, and expression. Each piece is a continuation of that original spark: an exploration of what it means to see, to feel, and to create.

Over the years, my work has found its way into the private international collections of many devoted art lovers, including actor and icon Bill Murray.

For me, color is more than surface—it’s emotion, memory, story. It holds the weight of silence and the thrill of light. Each painting is a search for resonance, a place where feeling and form meet, where color becomes content, and the invisible becomes visible.

I am committed to communicating through my artwork as an encouraging teacher, collaborator, and instrument of creativity. The purpose of my art-making is not defined in a single moment, but the gradual evolution of states of wonder and being.

In my work as a painter, printmaker, and musician, I strive to express the synergy of color, rhythm, and emotion. My desire is to make the invisible visible. Each painting or print is made to tell its own story; my story and perhaps yours too.

Samples:

Ascension” Oil on Canvas board