Mike Arnold

Professional Artist

Hosted by

Namita Thakkar

About Mike Arnold

The first 40 years of Mike Arnold’s career were spent as a professional and diligent architect. Thanks to what now seems like serendipitous timing, Arnold progressed through a successful career without ever having to become architecturally computer literate and rely on programmes to create building sketches and renderings. As such, his drawing skills were fine-tuned throughout his life, preparing him for his second career as a full-time artist – something he feels he began as a child, when he would spend every weekend studying art at The Philadelphia Museum of Art, in the city where he was born and raised.

Now, Arnold fuses his knowledge of built structures and his ability to almost see through the exterior to the inner forms with the artistic perspective he was born with. He enjoys exploring with different materials and his practice now extends across oil-on-canvas, oil-on-glass, mono prints, oil sticks and oil-on-paper.

About this Episode

In this episode, Mike Arnold talks about his artistic journey and at the same time shares some motivational advice for aspiring artists. Tune in for an inspiring conversation!

“If you have the heart, the energy, the dedication, and the drive, and truly the passion that you can make it, I think any career can be a success.“

Mike Arnold

“Anything is a challenge when you start, but if you have the passion, dedication, and a positive outlook, then any profession that you may pursue can be successful.”

– Mike Arnold

Show highlights

“It’s very important to develop the proper relationship with people.“

Mike Arnold

“Make sure you provide an opportunity for that youngster to pick up a paintbrush and put one stroke of paint, pick up a pencil and put one mark on a piece of paper everyday.”
Mike Arnold