Michael J. Weber

As a kid I copied cartoons from the Sunday papers and filled notebooks with all sorts of drawing. It was something that came easily to me and that I enjoyed doing. After military service in the U.S. Navy I attended Brevard Community College, but after a year I transferred to the Ringling School of Art in Sarasota for more comprehensive art courses. Upon graduation I was hired by Hallmark Cards in Kansas City and after several years I moved to New York City to work in advertising. It was there, after four years in commercial art, that I decided I wanted to paint full time and started doing the outdoor art shows for a living. It has now been 42 years of doing the art shows full time, and I wouldn't have it any other way. In 1984 I was elected into the American Watercolor Society.