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Mike Desatnick

Mike Desatnick (Born 1943) is active/lives in Colorado.  Mike Desatnick is known for Genre-Indian dance, portrait-child.

A Realist/Impressionist painter of Southwestern Indians, Mike Desatnick was born in Hammond, Indiana, in 1943 and has been living in Durango, Colorado.

"I have been attracted to the American Indian," he declares. "I find their beauty, character, and simplicity of life which harmonizes with nature to be very special in these sophisticated times. My own heritage is filled with hard times, and I relate that to the Indian's experience."

During high school. Desatnick was offered a scholarship to the American Academy of Art in Chicago but family obligations required that he work in a steel mill. Being drafted for combat in Vietnam made him "decide that if I ever got out of there in one piece, I wanted to do something better with my life."

After he was discharged, he entered the Academy and in two years won 22 awards. Before graduation, he was hired as a commercial artist and after another two years was offered a position as instructor at the Academy w   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 2813 characters.]  Artist bio

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