Michael Bauch

Born in 1948 in St. Paul Minnesota. Following a 4 year enlistment in the United States Navy, moved to Southern California and currently resides in Big Bear City, California. Painting has been an off and on again hobby with Mike for most of his life and following retirement, paints daily. Self taught through books and just being out there painting. Mike paints in a traditional style using his own personal photographic and plein air references. Oils are his medium of choice. Mike is inspired by the less frequently visited out of the way spaces in the San Bernardino Mountains of Southern California, and in so doing, has developed a connection with the natural beauty they display.