Michael Pfleghaar
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Michael Pfleghaar
@pfleghaar.bsky.social
Painter and ceramic artist living and working in Grand Rapids, MI

Featured in New American Paintings Midwest 2024 #173

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Another throwback mixed media painting on Arches watercolor paper. A minimalist linear background contrasts with a more rendered collection of potted plants and succulents.

Window Plants, 2018, India ink, pencil, and acrylic on paper, 55 x 30, unframed.⁠

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Window Plants Painting by Michael Pfleghaar | Saatchi Art
Saatchi Art is pleased to offer the painting, "Window Plants," by Michael Pfleghaar, available for purchase at $2,560 USD. Original Painting: Ink on Paper. Size is 30 H x 55 W x 0.1 in.
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December 5, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Save the date! I'll be showcasing ceramics, prints, and small original works at Nourish Kitchen, located at 2162 Plainfield Ave NE, on December 17 from 4 to 8 pm as part of the Lights on Creston celebration.⁠
December 4, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Another take on the cold Michigan winter days, but with a bit of color.⁠

Purple Forest is a digital drawing created on my iPad Pro a few years ago.⁠

Open-edition prints are available through @saatchiart in various sizes

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Purple Forest Digital by Michael Pfleghaar | Saatchi Art
Saatchi Art is pleased to offer the Art Print, "Purple Forest," by Michael Pfleghaar. Art prints are available from $190 USD. Archival inks on Canvas, Metal, Fine Art Paper, Acrylic. Size is 12 H x 16...
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December 3, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Here is another appropriate image for our Michigan weather.⁠

Winter Snow, a digital drawing created on my iPad Pro a few years ago.⁠

Open-edition prints are available through @saatchiart in various sizes, on paper, canvas, acrylic, and aluminum.⁠

www.saatchiart.com/print/Digita...
Winter Snow Digital by Michael Pfleghaar | Saatchi Art
Saatchi Art is pleased to offer the Art Print, "Winter Snow," by Michael Pfleghaar. Art prints are available from $190 USD. Archival inks on Canvas, Metal, Fine Art Paper, Acrylic. Size is 12 H x 16 W...
www.saatchiart.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:44 PM
This holiday season, I would greatly appreciate your support. When you shop directly from my Square website, it allows me to avoid paying commissions to intermediaries.

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Choose to support local artists over large retail chains while selecting gifts this year.
November 29, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Forest Meets Water, 2024, acrylic, flashe, spray paint, and oil on canvas, 42 x 72, sold to a collector in the UK last month via @saatchiart⁠

#forest #painting #largescale #water #birchtrees #evergreentrees #oil #acrylic #leaves #michaelpfleghaar #pfleghaarart #artcollector
November 28, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Happy Snowy Thanksgiving

Boardwalk in the Snow, (detail) 2025, flashe and acrylic on cradled wood panel, 24 x 18⁠

Signed, dated, and titled on the back⁠

#painting #art #landscape #snow #trees #winter #boardwalk #sky #flashe #acrylic #michaelpfleghaar #pfleghaarart
November 27, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Now back to some Michigan November-looking work. ⁠

Foggy Morning Walk, 2025, flashe, acrylic, and oil on paper, 22 x 30⁠, unframed⁠

1" paper border, signed, dated, and titled on the back⁠

#landscape #painting #flashe #oil #michigan #fog #moon #trees #dark #michaelpfleghaar #pfleghaarart
November 26, 2025 at 6:56 PM
New painting: Through the Trees, 2025, flashe and watercolor collage on paper, 14 x 11, unframed.⁠

Inspired by a sunny August day up north.⁠

#painting #landscape #trees #lake #summer #sun #collage #flashe #watercolor #michigan #nature #pfleghaarart #michaelpfleghaar
November 25, 2025 at 8:48 PM
November is flying by, and before we know it, the holiday season will be here. Although I don't have any holiday shows planned this year, you're always welcome to visit the studio.⁠

Feel free to reach out for further details and read my latest email newsletter
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November 24, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Last week to see my exhibition Tension & Tenderness with Lisa Walcott

FLEXgallery, WNF Building, 17 Pearl NW, Grand Rapids, MI⁠

@kcadgalleries @kcadoffsu @michelebosak #art #exhibit #abstraction #grandrapids #michigan #paintings #formbased #hardedge #sculpture #michaelpfleghaar
November 11, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Last week to see my exhibition Tension & Tenderness with Lisa Walcott

FLEXgallery, WNF Building, 17 Pearl NW, Grand Rapids, MI⁠

@kcadgalleries @kcadoffsu @michelebosak #art #exhibit #abstraction #grandrapids #michigan #paintings #formbased #hardedge #sculpture #michaelpfleghaar
November 10, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Nest, 2025, flashe and acrylic on paper, 20 x 16, unframed.⁠

available⁠

#interior #painting #stilllife #tables #nestingtables #sofa #snakeplant #lamp #window #flashe #acrylic #workonpaper #pfleghaar #art #arte
November 7, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Window Garden, 2024, 18 x 24 x 2, flashe and acrylic on cradled wood panel

From a series of paintings dealing with subjects and windows. Here, the blue sky is the backdrop for a grouping of houseplants and potted plant sculptures (my creations).⁠

#botanical #houseplants #window #art #pfleghaar
November 6, 2025 at 7:08 PM
One last painting in this series, featuring my ceramic objects, is my totem vase on a contemporary black mantle.⁠

Totem Vase on Mantle, 2025, flashe and acrylic on paper, 20 x 16, unframed.⁠

#artwork #painting #stilllife #vase #workonpaper #michaelpfleghaar
November 5, 2025 at 7:26 PM
A collection of colorful ceramic objects looks right at home on this collector's mid-century modern brick mantle.⁠

Ceramic Objects on Mantle, 2025, flashe and acrylic on paper, 16 x 20

#painting #artwork #ceramic #sculpture #mantle #interior #midcenturymodern #michaelpfleghaar #pfleghaarart
November 4, 2025 at 9:36 PM
New floral bouquet painting inspired by my ceramic leaf vase in a collector's cottage.⁠

Dahlias and Hydrangeas in Leaf Vase, 2025, flashe and acrylic on paper, 20 x 16, SOLD

#artwork #painting #floral #hydrangeas #dahlias #bouquet #flashe #acrylic #wood #windows #interior #michaelpfleghaar
November 4, 2025 at 12:14 AM
New painting featuring a ceramic potted plant sculpture I created, inspired by a photo the collector shared.⁠

Sunlit Potted Plants, 2025, flashe and acrylic on paper, SOLD⁠

#artwork #painting #orchid #pottedplant #sculpture #flashe #acrylic #workonpaper #sunlight #patterns #michaelpfleghaar
October 31, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Here’s another painting featuring one of my ceramic works showcased in a composition. The succulent in the orange pot sitting on the side table is part of an ongoing series of ceramics.⁠

Hard and Soft, 2025, flashe and acrylic on paper, 20 x 16, unframed.⁠

#artwork
October 30, 2025 at 7:56 PM
New painting⁠

Prickly Pear Patch, 2025, flashe and acrylic on paper, 16 x 20, unframed.⁠

#cactus #pricklypear #garden #landscape #pink #aqua #painting #flashe #workonpaper #michaelpfleghaar
October 28, 2025 at 6:32 PM
New painting⁠

Succulent Garden, 2025, flashe and acrylic on paper, 16 x 20, unframed.⁠

#succulent #agave #colorful #garden #landscape #flashe #workonpaper #painting #michaelpfleghaar
October 27, 2025 at 8:05 PM
I am so proud of this exhibition with sculptor Lisa Walcott and the wonderful curation by Michele Bosak. Michele also produced a beautiful catalog for the show.

The show runs through November 15.

FLEXgallery, WNF Building, 17 Pearl NW, Grand Rapids, MI⁠
October 24, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Artists' Reception THIS Thursday! October 23, 5 - 6:30 PM⁠

Tension & Tenderness: The Domestic Surreal with Lisa Walcott (foreground) now through November 15.⁠

FLEXgallery, WNF Building, 17 Pearl NW, Grand Rapids, MI⁠

@kcadgalleries @kcadoffsu @michelebosak #art #exhibit #grandrapids
October 22, 2025 at 6:19 PM
It's so cool to see some of my ceramic works (center) translated into 3D-printed plastic with the help of the FLEXlab at Kendall. Part of the exhibition Tension & Tenderness.

See for yourself Oct 23, at 5 pm at the artists' reception.⁠

FLEXgallery, WNF Building, 17 Pearl NW, Grand Rapids, MI⁠
October 20, 2025 at 7:30 PM