Michael Jules Lang

I was born in London into an Anglo-French family and had a bilingual education. From an early age I drew and painted. I remember being fascinated by pictures in a Greek mythology book and painting the heroes. Of the old masters, I loved Botticelli particularly, and still do, and my mother would take me to the National Gallery to see some of his work. ***
As well as art, I was drawn to science and technology and achieved degrees in IT, Physics and Maths. While studying these subjects, I continued with art taking part and helping to run the university art club. My career prior to becoming a practising artist was in IT, which took me as an expatriate to Brazil, Canada and Africa, where I lived for a number of years, absorbing and enjoying their very different cultures, which have helped to inform my own art. Brazil and Africa, hot, vibrant and full of colour, contrast strikingly with Canada, cold and white, at least in winter. I have travelled to many parts of the world, most recently to India, all of which have inspired me. ***


Oil paint is my medium of choice. Its sheer lusciousness and ooziness is irresistible. Its versatility is astonishing - intense or subdued colour, thin or thick texture, wet paint into wet or dry paint ...

My art education has included:
Heatherley School of Fine Art
Lavender Hill Studios Art School
Virtual Art Academy - Full Course
Private tutoring
Workshops with various artists

- Gagliardi Gallery, Chelsea, London
- Osborne Studio Gallery, Knightsbridge, London
- Stafford Gallery (in association with Wimbledon Fine Art), Wimbledon, London
- Russell Gallery, Putney, London
- Royal Institute of Oil Painters
- Chelsea Art Society
- Society of Fulham Artists and Potters (SOFAP)
- New English Art Club (pre-selected)
- Royal Society of Portrait Painters
(pre-selected)
- Threadneedle Prize (pre-selected)