Award winning painter, Michael Compton, born in Portland Oregon in 1949, studied art and graphic design at Colorado State University and The Minneapolis College of Art & Design. He has worked as a package designer, illustrator, and textile print designer. Michael's paintings can be found in numerous corporate collections including, McKinsey & Co., Fidelity Investments, Harvard College, Mellon Bank, Putnam Investments, among others. A signature member of the New England Watercolor Society, Michael is equally at home working in watercolor or oil. His most recent one man show was at Boston Art & Framing on Charles Street in 2014. In June, 2014 Michael was a participant in Mountain Allegany, a plein air painting competition in Cumberland, Md. Michael lives in Cambridge MA., and maintaine a studio at 11 Miller Street in Somerville, MA.