Russell Day Gallery

Mike Capp is a painter/mixed media artist based in the Pacific Northwest. His favored media to work in are Acrylics, Oils, Watercolors, Charcoal, and Paper Collage. Starting at an early age, Mike became inspired by watching his Dad draw, paint, and wood carve wildlife and nature subjects. One of Mike’s earliest memories that helped foster his creativity and dreams of becoming an artist, was his parents buying him a set of Child Craft books. Volume 13 - titled “Look Again” - featured a wide range of artists from various genres throughout art history. Many of these artists helped develop Mike’s deep appreciation for art as a young child.

After attending Utah State University and graduating with a BS in Illustration, Mike’s art career took off when he worked as a screen print artist for apparel and worked as an illustrator for magazines and print.

Over the years, Mike’s art approach has evolved into what it is today.

From 1998 – 2005, he did a series of paintings inspired by the imaginative drawings of Mike’s two children, Tanner and Kyla. he would follow their lead and develop full works of where they left off.

From 2006 – 2013, Mike’s paintings drifted towards more of a pop-culture sensibility. A visual mash-up of Mike’s favorite childhood pop-culture superheroes, monsters, and robots in portrait and still-life settings.

Mike’s current style (2019 – present) is a combination of Neo-Cubism and Expressionism. Blending Mike’s subject matter with geometric and abstract forms with realistic elements. A majority of this work is inspired by the figure and pure abstraction. That being said, pop culture references and Mike’s children’s art influences still find a way to sneak into these pieces as well.

LOOK AGAIN
Mixed Media Exhibition by Mike Capp
Nov 18 Through Dec 12
Reception Dec 21 4-6pm
Cascade Resource Center
1001 N Broadway Everett Wa

​​About Russell Day Gallery

We recently moved to our new location! Cascade Learning Resource Center, 1001 North Broadway 
Russell Day Gallery serves a vital role in promoting social engagement and critical dialogue at Everett Community College.
The gallery is named after Russell Day. An immensely influential instructor, Day founded the first campus gallery in the 1950s and it was later renamed in his honor.