Michael Deas

Michael Deas Biography:
Michael J. Deas was born in Virginia and subsequently raised in Louisiana and New York. During the 1970s he mistakenly attended art shool in New York, in a vain attempt to learn representational painting. The experience left him a broken, bitter man. After three and a half years of being told that Realism was dead, Michael dropped out and turned his efforts towards illustration. His art, prints and posters have gone on to earn four Gold Medals and three Silver Medals from the Society of Illustrators. In July 2004 he received the Hamilton King Award, given for the single best illustration of the year.  >>click here for more