Mike has always enjoyed art, drawing, architecture, and photography. As a keen observer he sees beauty everywhere. He keeps his composition's simple and uncluttered so many of his works are about simple subjects.
Born in 1959 in Williamsport, Pa. Mike grew up in rural central Pa. along the Susquehanna river. His background is a bit unusual. He is a self taught painter that was trained as a mechanical draftsmen in high school back in the day when draftsmen spent all their time on a drafting board drawing everything from mechanical parts, architectural drawings, and fine cabinetry. Mike spent ten years as a full time draftsmen early in his career. Mike also earned both a mechanical engineering degree, an international business degree, and has worked in corporate industry in various positions of increasing responsibility for the last thirty plus years.
Mike now lives in Boulder, Colorado with his wife Terri and their Cheshire cat Milo (shown above). His studio is attached to his house in North Boulder. He exhibits his work locally at EarthWood Gallery on the Boulder Pearl Street mall, in Estes Park, Colorado at Earthwood Collections Gallery, and in Fort Collins, Co at The Fine Art & Frame Co. He also participates in Boulder Open Studios every fall. Mike also exhibits at Faustina's Gallery in Lewisburg, Pa. too because he says "it keeps me connected to the place where I grew up, and I love that."
Mike always welcomes e-mails, phone calls, studio visitors and commission requests. (ph: 303-444-2461 or email mikebrouse@hotmail.com) Thanks for your interest and enjoy the website.
About my family history in central Pa - My great uncle Marlin Thomas has written several books about our family. The first one I'll mention is the most recent book titled: Looking Thru Lewey's Lens (100 years ago) ISBN: 978-1-4276-4670-5 It features my great grandfather Lewey's professional photography from that era taken with his 1903 Century Grand view camera with adjustable focus and exposure. His talent for composition and great photos using the tools he had at the time are amazing. A second book titled: Lewey and Mary Ellen: Moving On is a compelling story of my great grandfather's family in the early 1900's as they moved from farm to farm and the life experiences of the day including having four son's participating in WWII simultaneously.
