Michael Besoli was born in Montreal, Canada. His parents immigrated to the United States and settled in the city of Pasadena, California. At an early age, he demonstrated an artistic ability and a great appreciation for art and nature. In college he began his early art training studying the figure with Carolynn Blake (Parson's School of Art), and Vern Wilson (Art Center School of Design). Later, he studied ' plein-air' painting with local Pasadena artist, Arthur Egeli (Cape Cod School of Art), and also with Ovanes Berberian (assistant to the late Russian painter Sergei...more
