Mitchel Resnick

Though I reside in California, I am originally from the Hudson Valley area in NY, and return there often. I am inspired by everything… from a diffused shadow to a deep crimson found in a flower. And of course, other artists. From Van Gogh to the unworldly genius of Michelangelo, from Alma-Tadema to Dürer, Rembrandt to Renoir, the drawings of Raphael or Da Vinci… or even a cinematographer like Christopher Doyle or a Prod. Designer like Dante Ferretti.

I took classes in college and workshops such as Albert Handel. But I have been doing this as far back as I can remember. As a kid, I threw on a foot driven potter’s wheel for 10 years. When they put a motor on it, it threw me! And I work in almost all medium(s). When I chisel a rock, instead of deepening the amount of shading, I just cut more away.

I’ve been in regional shows and have works in several private collections. But it is only recently that I have decided to begin selling my work publicly.

Syracuse University BFA with degrees in film, painting and minor in psychology.

I was chosen by the University to paint murals in what was then considered our student center. It was a "coffee house" called Jabberwocky, and i painted murals based on the original drawings from Alice In Wonderland and Alice Through the Looking Glass. Everyone from James Taylor to Bonnie Raitt to The Persuasions played there. Even the Boss was supposed to play there, but had to cancel.