The Skyaak Guy

Philosophy of life:

"Cherish the Precious Present"

Lives in:

Watrous, SK ,Canada

Joined eSnips on Nov. 22 2006

Personal details:

Full name: Michael Gaudet
Occupation: Artist/designer/inventor
Email: info.aha at sasktel.net
Total folder visitors: 5327
Added by 19 as a friend
Most popular folder: Mostly portraits
Communities I belong to: Painting , Sculpture , Bird Watching

About me

I am a long-time professional artist who specializes in large historic murals and very life-like portraits.

I like to make paintings that are more real than a photograph. In other words, I try to emphasize what I find most appealing about a subject...maybe turn the light up, increase the shadows, change colors around, modify the composition, you name it. Anything to make the final result the best it can be! My favorite thing to paint ( and by far the most challenging) is portraiture. It is really tough to get the sparkle in the eyes. The eyes are the most important...they have to look alive. You can see lots of my commissioned and personal artwork at Gallery Gaudet when you visit my home-page at www.ArtAffectsDesign.com .

On another note, in the past couple of years, I have branched off into aeronautical design to invent the Skyaak. Skyaak is a unique Ring-Wing glider, that is fun to build and fly, but challenging to master!

Check it out at www.skyaak.blogspot.com

I live at the Resort Village of Manitou Beach in central Saskatchewan, Western Camada with my wife and doggie.

We have a 17 year-old daughter who is graduating this year from Victoria School of Performing Arts in Edmontion, Alberta.

We are SO proud of her!

Stay well,

Michael

P.S. I will post more pictures as often as I can.

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Mostly portraits

When I paint a portrait, I try to capture the spirit of the model. The surface appearance is secondary. I have done hundreds of portraits over the years, so getting an accurate likeness is not that hard now. I try to dig much deeper to draw out the essence, so that it feels like the person is actually in the room with you. That is the real challenge for me.

Visitors: 1616

Communities: Painting

Tags: paintings , portraits

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Mostly acrylics on canvas

selected works from my portfolio of paintings, including landscapes and portraits.

Visitors: 860

Communities: Painting

Tags: paintings , landscape , portraits

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Skyaak, My Flying Toy Invention

Skyaak is my favorite 'pet project'. It is a unique 'Ring-Wing' flying apparatus that I have created and manufactured on a small scale. This is a huge challenge...you cannot bluff a 'flying device'. Either it works, or it's a DUD! There is a lot of work and development yet to be done with this...that's what keeps me fascinated.

Visitors: 767

Communities: Sculpture

Tags: skyaak , ring-wing , aircraft , design. , experiemental , aeronautical , design , sculpture , art , flies

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OWL-Series

Steve Lawton has me intrigued with the idea of showing a 'work-in-progress'. I have photographed lots of paintings throughout their gestation, and have decided to post this particular one. One day last spring, we were delighted to see that a miniature ( 7-8" tall!) 'Northern Saw-Whet' owl had established itself outside our big picture window. A rare sighting, and a famous symbol of GOOD LUCK, I just had to paint it.

Visitors: 675

Communities: Painting , Bird Watching

Tags: paintings , portrait , owl , wildlife

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HistoricMuralSeries

In 2000, I was commissioned to design and paint a Historic Mural that depicts a typical arrival of an old steam locomotive. The mural is 52 feet long and 12 feet high, painted on special panels that were installed on a frame on the host building. Last year, four of the panels started to show signs of material failure, so the committee asked me to re-paint them. I am doing this as we speak and I am posting the Work in Progress.

Visitors: 559

Communities: Painting

Tags: painting , large-scale , murals , historic , muals , Railway , Station , Steam , Engine

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Photographs that I like.

Just a sampling of some of my favorite misc. photos...

Visitors: 453

Tags: photographs

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Angel Works...

I have always believed in angels...all my life. Every once in a while, I am moved to try to portray some kind of angel. I hope you like these angelic offerings. They were designed and painted to see if I could come a bit closer to knowing those angelic be-ings. And to invite them into my life. Who among us could not use a guardian angel? Do you believe in angels?

Visitors: 397

Communities: Painting

Tags: paintings , portraits , angels

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venu writes:

Wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New year

Added on Dec. 24 2007

Anushka writes:

MERRY CHRISTMAS

AND A
HAPPY NEW YEAR Yellow Star

Added on Dec. 23 2007

susha writes:

Hi Mike
Wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and a Happy New year.

Added on Dec. 22 2007

longjonblu writes:

Very nice work!!!!!!!!!

Added on Apr. 14 2007

susha writes:

HAPPY EASTER !

Added on Apr. 8 2007

Man in black writes:

Hi thanks for the comment.I visit your web page,your invention is really cool,nice to know about it and wish i can make more friends like you.

Added on Mar. 18 2007

Craig.B... writes:

Thanks for the comment ,glad you enjoyed the Bass Trap mix Craig....

Added on Mar. 18 2007

syram writes:

Murals of Nipawin, Inc. is very pleased with the wonderful job Michael did reproducing the
4 panels of the C.P.R. Station mural. Michael did an outstanding job of replicating his original
design and a fanastic job of matching up all the vibrant viivid colors of the original panels.

The "C.P.R. Station" mural is only one of Michaels murals we are honoured to have in Nipawin.
Michael also painted "the Magnet" (check out all our murals on Nipawin.com home page.)

Murals of Nipawin, Inc. is very proud of our Historical murals series and we are extremely pleased
that Michael was up to the huge challenge of reproducing these panels.

Thanks to the wonderful technology of the computer age we were able to watch the mural
come to life with all the pictures on enips.

Thank you Michael, you are a talented artist!

Sandy Syrjanen
(Chairperson)

Added on Feb. 28 2007

Crazy_Jens_Lehmann writes:

Cheers for the compliments Michael!!! Much appreciated!!!

Hopefully i'll be as good at capturing reality as you someday! I'm hoping to go to art college next year so fingers crossed! Keep up the good work, and let us know when you upload more! I'll definately pop in to check it out!

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More about me

What's your favorite book?

Too many to say

Who's your favorite musician/band?

Sam Roberts

What's your favorite movie?

The Secret

What's your favorite food or cuisine?

italian?

What's your favorite sport?

aerobatics

What country would you like to visit?

USA

Who is your hero (real or fictional)?

Burt Rutan

What was the most significant event in your life?

nearly dying of kidney failure over 25 yrs ago

What's the one thing you've always wanted to do?

get my pilot's license