Trickle

2008. Acrylic on panel, 48 x 56 in.

Switchback

2010. Acrylic on canvas on panel, 4 x 3 ft.

Mantis Meets Mouse

2010. Acrylic on canvas on panel, 5 x 4 ft.

Lowdown

2011. Acrylic on canvas on panel, 46 x 52 in.

Michael Gallagher

Appointed Faculty – Assistant Professor, Certificate/BFA/MFA/Continuing Ed

Michael Gallagher is a painter whose work moves freely between abstraction and representation. He is represented by the Edgewood Orchard Galleries in Fish Creek, WI, and the Schmidt Dean Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, where he has had five solo exhibitions and has been included in numerous group exhibitions. His works are in a number of public and corporate collections including Wilmington Trust and the Woodmere Museum of Art. He studied at PAFA and was awarded the Excellence in Teaching award in 2007 and 2011.

Gallagher teaches courses in Drawing/Mixed Media, Still Life Painting, Advanced Still Life Painting and advanced Painting, the Painting Thesis Seminar, and is a Critic in the Certificate/BFA program. He teaches Painting in the Graduate Program as well as courses in the Continuing Education program.

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