Michael Hoffee

1951 Los Angles Ca.Beaches, surfing, garage bands.. And a call to the unknown....Spiritul urban work..everyday life.....

Mike Hoffee was born in 1951 in Los Angeles California. Being a native of California reflects in his life style and art. The Beaches of Hermosa, Manhattan and Venice, the love inns, Hollywood, garage bands, concerts, a generation of new thinking, shaped the free spirit. Mike has taken a long adventurous road that led to his self-taught art. A devastating injury in 1997 changed the course of his life. While in his hospital bed his daughter gave him a gift of oil sticks and canvas paper. His motto became paint not pain. The dark years led to an extended stay in Napa Valley. Time stood still and the recovery of innocence began. Mike explored his inner creative needs and burst forth on the art scene with an energy that knew no guilt. Mike enjoys working in large abstracts and the dark years produced some of his liveliest paintings. Bazaar faces with genuine personalities stare out at the viewer. Color and wild movement explode on the canvas as he moved away from the dark, the figures became less defined, faceless, bunched together for comfort. They are androgynous forms seeking direction, their culture, ethnic backgrounds, and spiritual paths cannot be categorized. The mystical forms are familiar to us although their intent is...

FLoral work Represented by the:
Christopher Hill Gallery, Saint Helena and Healdsburg on going
Peju Province Winery/Christopher Hill Gallery, Saint Helena ca. May 2017 to on going.

LA Crema, Healdsburg ca.2017 summer

Miaflores winery...Sierra foothills,Placerville Ca. July 4th 2017 to sept 2017., on going...outsiderart.info on going...
Championship golf course, Incline Village Nv.,2017,on going..
Mountain golf course, 2017,on going....

Hartgallery,downtown Placerville, 2017,on going...