Artist Michael Pendergrass has had a love for drawing and painting for nearly four decades. He discovered this love at a very young age. He stated that there was something magical about creating worlds from your imagination and recreating those worlds on paper. His fascination for the world around him plus being a natural explorer only fueled his imagination. During that time most of the imagery were of Black subjects because that's what he could relate to as an artist living in the 1960's. Now he intends for his work to have a universal appeal to everyone. He states that he was more influenced by the artists of the early 60's than inspired by them. He states that each had a particular quality in their work that he sought to emulate. It was a matter of taking what was useful and discarding what he didn't need. His two biggest influences were Norman Rockwell and Charles White. He also states that music as well as literature plays a big role in the creation of his work. As to his choice of mediums he doesn't choose one over the other. He emphasizes that he is not bound to any particular medium nor technique. He says that being bound to one particular medium or technique is restrictive and one can be bound by their limitations. He's been featured in a number of articles . Over the years his portraits and other work has been collected from diverse clients in North Carolina, the US and as far away as England. And the list continues to grow. He currently resides and creates in High Point, NC.