Michael Wilkinson was born in Oakland, California, 1949 .He graduated from high school at the height of the Vietnam War and enlisted in the Air Force, where he served as an illustrator in Japan, where he studied Japanese art and architecture.  The harmony and simple elegance of the Japanese esthetic made an impression on the young artist and he worked to integrate its principles into his thinking.  The influence of classical western art was strengthened when, in 1978, he traveled to Europe.  There he studied the great works of the ancient Greeks and Michelangelo.

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