Michael Whaling
		Michael Whaling is a largely self-taught artist whose paintings represent impressionist images from his childhood home in the southern foothills of New York’s Adirondack Mountains.  In watercolors described by Aurelia Brown of Wingspread Gallery in Northeast Harbor, Maine, as “clear and open,” Whaling harnesses the power of simplicity in nature by capturing its innate integrity without interpretation or embellishment.  His paintings have been exhibited in juried shows at the Cooperstown Art Association, the Smithy-Pioneer Gallery and Gallery 53 in Cooperstown, New York, the Wingspread Gallery in Northeast Harbor, Maine, Between The Muse Gallery in Rockland, Maine and The Canajoharie Museum in Canajoharie, New York.               Whaling is also known for his work in the Adirondack rustic twig and branch-style construction of one-of-a-kind furniture and architectural elements.  By giving authority to the natural shape of limbs, his applewood furniture reflects the wild randomness he sees in the woods and hedgerows near his home.  His architectural commissions in the northeast and southwest have been featured in Architectural Digest, Kaatskill Life, Good Housekeeping, the Maine Times and the Bangor Daily News.               Whaling was an early proponent of the Motorless Lakes initiative which is taking hold in New York’s Adirondack Mountain region and he has written extensively on environmental issues for a variety of regional and national publications.  He resides in Sharon Springs, New York where he owns and operates his studio.