M S Ryan (Mike) has been a painter since the 60's. Trained as an abstract painter at University of Iowa, Old Dominion University, and Drake University, he studied under Michael Tyzack (British Abstract painter), Joseph Patrick, Leonard Good, and Byron Burford. Ryan has concentrated on landscape and figurative work over the last 20 plus years. Self described as an expressionist with colorist tendencies, Ryan works in oil, acrylic, pastels, and is learning the art of lithography.
Ryan makes his home in the Midwest and paints subjects reflecting the upper Mississippi River Valley. He hs rcently added the Rocky Mountain area to his list of subjects. He is represented by Oasis Gallery in Amana Colonies, Wiederspan Gallery in Cedar Rapids, and Iowa Artisans' Gallery in Iowa City.
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