Many people are artists or musicians or writers or teachers but not many are all of them. I invite you to discover the multi talented Michael Foley. Michael has had a long career in the arts and is currently still teaching, writing new music, painting new paintings and writing a couple new books.
A few years back I met Michael Foley at an art gallery in Pacifica, CA. I think it was the Oceana Art Gallery during the show linked here. Art from Mark Bray showing at Oceana Art Gallery. We became fast friends with our shared experiences as artists and musicians. I worked with him on his website and getting some music projects together. Michael got me back into the finer points of guitar playing.
Life On Earth Video
One of the projects we completed was creating a video for the song Hard At Work from his band Life On Earth. They performed in San Francisco in the 70’s. It has some great classic footage of San Francisco and some live footage of the band playing.
Painter
Michael is also a prolific painter and taught at the San Francisco Art Institute. His paintings are in private collections around the country and have been in museums and galleries in New York, Los Angeles, and throughout the United States.
There is so much more to learn about and learn from Michael Foley. He is currently working on a couple new books, he is finishing an album release from an old band and finishing some paintings.
Check out more from Michael Foley at http://michaelfoleymusic.com. His biography on the about page if very interesting. It follows him from his start in on Long Island in New York to moving out to San Francisco in 1970 to his current projects. Visit his page and you will be able to tour a gallery of his art and links to many of his music projects.
I hope you enjoy learning more about my friend and mentor, Michael Foley.
Mark Bray
Cosmic Archeologist, Polymath