About Mike Carina

Mike works in a variety of mediums, preferring the immediacy and spontaneity of watercolor. He’s been busy creating posters and album art for a host of bands and musicians across the country as well as providing illustrations for books. “Observational drawing is at the heart of what I do. When I'm not working, I'm drawing my kids’ portraits for an ongoing digest titled, ‘Brekkie Sketches’ - sketches of my kiddos at the breakfast table.”

Mike graduated from the College of Visual Arts in St. Paul, Minnesota with a BFA in Illustration. His sketches and paintings reflect the spontaneity of everyday life with a sketchy, raw edge. He works traditionally in ink and watercolor using quick, frantic brushstrokes.

Clients

City Business • Indianapolis Monthly • Mpls/St. Paul Magazine • Opus • Optum Marketing • Zheno Marketing • Cramer Krasselt • Meyer Marketing • Chicago Tribune • Group Design • Zehno • Envision Design • Wall Street Journal • Minnesota Monthly • Norton Healthcare • Greenwich Magazine • National Geographic • Target Corporation • Meredith Publishing • Seattle Magazine • Golden Shovel Agency • Ode Magazine

e: mike@carinacreative.com

IG: @mike_carina

mobile: 612.743.7760

Repped by theispot: www.theispot.com/artist/mcarina