Michael Budden is a nationally known artist living and working in his native New Jersey. Already known as a fine wildlife artist, his numerous honors and awards include paintings in three museum collections.

Becoming dissatisfied with staying in the studio, Mike has taken to "plein air painting". Painting direct from nature. The artist states: "From this new approach to painting directly out in nature, the viewer gets to see the end result of what truly inspires me to paint. The battle over time and technique is clearly evident in the final product. Each critical decision and brushstroke leaves a positive or negative impact on the painting. I find this very exciting."

Michael's new landscape and seascape paintings are attracting critical acclaim at major exhibitions, in galleries and by collectors alike. His paintings exhibit strong composition, an exquisitite quality of light and confident brushwork. Recent awards include two time winner of the "Arthur T. Hill Memorial Award" for the best landscapeby an artist 45 years or younger at the presitigious Salmagundi Club, New York, NY. His paintings can be seen in many galleries along the east coast.

To read more about Michael Budden,
you can visit his personal website at www.mikebudden.com

"Michael Budden has been an exhibiting Artist Member of the Salmagundi Club in New York City since 1999, and his oil paintings have graced the walls of nearly every exhibit held since he joined the Club. For a number of years he submitted m ostly bucolic rural scenes marked by a graceful and elegiac style. From his riverbanks to his country farms, these landscapes won numerous awards and were very popular in both the Club Auctions and and the annual Thumb-Box Exhibition. Recently Michael has begun to show New York City street and park scenes, and this new work is a departure and very exciting. He has a gift for capturing light so clearly that it defines a moment in time and space that is evocatively real. So good is his new work that his "Flatiron" oil painting was awarded the Salmagundi Club Purchase Prize, and it will be added to the Club's Permanent Collection. The Salmagundi Club is honored to have such a fine artist among its roster of exceptional painters." Claudia Seymour, President Salmagundi Club December 2007