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Oil Painter www.instagram.com/michael_c_hayes
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Here's a new (or at least new to the internet) painting. Requiem, 18" x 24" oil on panel

submitted 80 days ago • 16 comments

The Dark Night of the Soul, 20" x 30" oil on panel

submitted 83 days ago • 4 comments

Joan of Arc, 16" x 24" painted back in 2010. Definitely a turning point in my art and launch point of my career.

submitted 84 days ago • 2 comments

Reunion, 14" x 24" oil on panel

submitted 87 days ago • 13 comments

Sanctum Prelate. 18" x 24" oil on panel. For Magic: the Gathering, Modern Horizons 2

submitted 88 days ago • 4 comments

submitted 26 days ago • 49 comments

Byzantium, 18" x 24" oil on panel

submitted 89 days ago • 15 comments

Altitude. 18" x 33" oil on panel

submitted 91 days ago • 8 comments

Procession. 32" x 40" oil on panel

submitted 92 days ago • 12 comments

"Monument" 20" x 24" oil on panel.

submitted 94 days ago • 95 comments

submitted 32 days ago • 19 comments

Aesthyr, 18" x 36" oil on panel. 2019

submitted 35 days ago • 2 comments

Aesthyr, 18" x 36" oil on panel. 2019

submitted 35 days ago • 2 comments

Regent, 11" x 14" oil on panel. 2014

submitted 42 days ago • 2 comments

Regent, 11" x 14" oil on panel. 2014

submitted 42 days ago • 2 comments

Huntress of the Sky, 18" x 24" oil on panel, 2019

submitted 46 days ago • 1 comment

Geisha, 14" x 24" oil on panel, 2024

submitted 48 days ago • 1 comment

Miserere, 16" x 24" oil on board, 2011. This was the first book cover I was ever commissioned to do, it is for a novel of the same name by @tfrohock.com

submitted 49 days ago • 3 comments

Miserere, 16" x 24" oil on board, 2011. This was the first book cover I was ever commissioned to do, it is for a novel of the same name by @tfrohock.com

submitted 49 days ago • 3 comments

Carmine, 16" x 20" oil on panel. 2016

submitted 52 days ago • 4 comments

Bella, 11" x 14" oil on panel. 2024

submitted 53 days ago • 1 comment

Bella, 11" x 14" oil on panel. 2024

submitted 53 days ago • 1 comment

Red Sonja, 18" x 24" oil on panel. 2015

submitted 54 days ago • 3 comments

Red Sonja, 18" x 24" oil on panel. 2015

submitted 54 days ago • 3 comments

Reminiscence, 18" x 36" oil on panel. 2019

submitted 55 days ago • 0 comments

Reminiscence, 18" x 36" oil on panel. 2019

submitted 55 days ago • 0 comments

Gandalf, 12" x 16" charcoal on paper

submitted 56 days ago • 5 comments

Gandalf, 12" x 16" charcoal on paper

submitted 56 days ago • 5 comments

Exodus, 20" x 30" oil on panel. 2015

submitted 59 days ago • 1 comment

Mists of Valhalla, 18" x 36" oil on panel. 2023

submitted 62 days ago • 4 comments

Mists of Valhalla, 18" x 36" oil on panel. 2023

submitted 62 days ago • 4 comments

Defiance, (aka Human Token from the original Innistrad block, back in 2011) 16" x 24" oil on panel.

submitted 66 days ago • 5 comments

Cenotaph, 20" x 30" oil on panel. 2023

submitted 68 days ago • 6 comments

Cenotaph, 20" x 30" oil on panel. 2023

submitted 68 days ago • 6 comments

Crimson, 16" x 20" oil on panel. 2016

submitted 69 days ago • 3 comments

Crimson, 16" x 20" oil on panel. 2016

submitted 69 days ago • 3 comments

Onslaught, 24" x 30" oil on panel. 2023

submitted 70 days ago • 2 comments

Onslaught, 24" x 30" oil on panel. 2023

submitted 70 days ago • 2 comments

Serenity, 15" x 36" (I think?) oil on panel. 2015

submitted 73 days ago • 3 comments

Jin, 14" x 24" oil on panel

submitted 74 days ago • 2 comments

Another older piece from 2012. This one has the dubious distinction of being my most stolen piece of artwork. Artemis, 18" by 29" oil on panel

submitted 75 days ago • 9 comments

Caroline, 14" x 24" oil on panel (I promise that, despite the label, there are no naughty bits showing)

submitted 76 days ago • 2 comments

Moondance 40x40 in “Beneath the specifics of all our beliefs, sacred texts, origin stories, and dogmas, we humans have been celebrating the same two things since the dawn of time: astronomy and biology..." - Sasha Sagan, For Small Creature Such as We Prints: robrey.storenvy.com

submitted 76 days ago • 4 comments

Caroline, 14" x 24" oil on panel (I promise that, despite the label, there are no naughty bits showing)

submitted 76 days ago • 2 comments

"Norse Mythology art book" - my biggest and most important personal project ever. Kickstartered in 2017 (run by Jon Schindehette and ArtOrder), and published in 2018. Official website here: norse-myth.com

submitted 76 days ago • 2 comments

Seraphim. 18" x 27" oil on panel.

submitted 77 days ago • 2 comments