Please join the Seabrook Island Artist Guild for a reception
to meet Michael and view his work.
Tuesday, August 5, 2025
4:30-6:00 pm
The Lake House Art Wall Hallway
Michael is a native South Carolinian who loves the geography of his state, especially the lowcountry. For Michael, spending summers with family in Charleston and Sullivans Island was a pretty cool way to grow up and experience life.
In a generation that witnessed and was involved in societal changes in this state, Michael experienced changes of better attitudes which impacted his college education (University of South Carolina) with degrees in International Studies and Business. Later, a Master’s in Theology and Philosophy degree was achieved that provided Michael a treasured tool for pondering life. Michael is blessed to be married to his wife, Bonnie, and they have two adult sons, two daughters-in-law and one awesome and know-it-all seven-year-old granddaughter.
About three and half years ago, Michael was drawing and doodling when his wife noticed and then gave him art supplies and the encouragement to experiment and dream a bit. Graphite, alcohol/India inks, and clays became his mediums du jour. Several artists of the Guild have been kind to offer input and guidance as he entered the wonderful world of art expressions.
Michael truly enjoys making 2D artworks in inks and 3D clay works finished in alcohol inks. The clay works are of natural drying clays which allow for very thin sculpturing and design freedoms. Inks are not paints; they are dyes. His 2D artwork may seem as if he painted them with the inks, but they were made using steel and glass nibs along with pens. Why go to all of that trouble and time? Simple, he likes it a lot. The fluidity of the instrument when dipped into the various dye colors and freedom to mix and achieve newer color variants is very rewarding. The casual connection between the inks and a canvas or paper types generates a lot of options and new artworks that are typically only seen in oil, acrylic and water color paints. Michael loves the freedom to create and achieve. And mess up at times.
Yea, he is having great art experiences every day.
Please join the Seabrook Island Artist Guild for a reception showcasing Michael Younginer’s art on Tuesday, August 5, from 4:30 – 6:00 pm at the Lake House.
-Submitted by Seabrook Island Artist Guild
(Image credit: Michael Younginer)