J Michael Walker Bio

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=131 BGCOLOR="#EEEEEE" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="3" WIDTH="107" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#C0C0C0" FRAME="HSIDES" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 27 WIDTH="99"><div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="J. 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Michael Walker, creator of the project </div> <div> "<A HREF="j_michael_walker_s_all_the_saints_of_the_city_of_the_angels.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="All the Saints of the City of the Angels"><U>All the Saints of the City of the Angels</U></A>" and "<A HREF="j_michael_walker_s_interpretations_of_la__virgen__de__guadalupe_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="la Virgen de Guadalupe"><U>The Daily Life of the Virgin of Guadalupe</U></A>," among others.</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="822"><div> <IMG SRC="2cfbc020.png" border=0 width="444" height="2" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 58 WIDTH="822"><div> "Some thirty-four years ago, an unlikely convergence of good fortune and divine providence dropped me out of the Oklahoma skies and into a remote village in the Sierra Tarahumara of northern México, where I was spiritually and culturally transformed by the light, and the life, the landscape and the languages; and by the lovely young woman who became my wife, Mimí.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 39 WIDTH="822"><div>  "In a very real sense all the artwork I've created since then is a falling-short expression of gratitude for that blessed bump on the head, and an attempt to come to grips with the spiritual essence of our existence."</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="3" WIDTH="809" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#C0C0C0" FRAME="BOX" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 540 WIDTH="9"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="540" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="9" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="3e093170.jpg" border=0 width="403" height="535" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="9"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="540" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="9" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="3" WIDTH="319" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#C0C0C0" FRAME="VOID" RULES="ROWS" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 54 WIDTH="311"><div> <A HREF="id152.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Exhibitions"><U>Exhibitions</U></A></div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 114 WIDTH="311"><div> <A HREF="id153.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Grants, Fellowships, Commissions"><U>Grants, Fellowships, Commissions</U></A></div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 54 WIDTH="311"><div> <A HREF="id154.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bibliography"><U>Bibliography</U></A></div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 48 WIDTH="311"><bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="mailto:info@jmichaelwalker.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:info@jmichaelwalker.com"><U>Contact</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="9"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="540" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="9" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 33 WIDTH="9"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="33" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="9" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="408"><div> J Michael Walker working on commissioned drawing for Seattle University, 2003</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="9"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="33" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="9" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="340"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="33" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="340" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="9"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="33" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="9" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="886"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="14" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="886" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>