PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY
Sara Lommen, of Sara Lommen Coaching and Photography is the amazing human who took all the professional photographs of me on this website.
I can't say enough about how comfortable she made me, how patient she was with a reluctant subject, and how creative she was in her approach. If you are looking for a photographer, please check out her website! She is a talented and experienced photographer -- and -- she is a groovy human being, you will love meeting her!
ARTWORKS FEATURED ON THE WEBSITE
About Page:
Marc Chagall, Le Grand Cirque, 1956, oil and gouache on canvas
The photo of Michael in front of the Chagall painting was taken by Bob Cooley and published in the South Bend Tribune, and with permission was later published in the St. Mary's University of MN Update Alumni Magazine.
Art & Coaching Page:
Andrew Wyeth. Christina Olson, 1947. Tempera. Private Collection. © 2026 Wyeth Foundation for American Art / Artists Rights Society (ARS), Minneapolis Institute of Art
Fernand Légerexpand, Table and Fruit, 1909, oil on canvas, Minneapolis Institute of Art
John Singer Sargent, The Birthday Party, 1885, oil on canvas, Minneapolis Institute of Art
Santiago Rusiñol, Patio in Sitges, c. 1892–94, oil on canvas, Minneapolis Institute of Art
Henry Farrer, City at Sunset, n.d., watercolor on off-white wove paper, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Gifts of Mrs. Louise Lamson and Mrs. Alfred N. Lawrence, Bequest of Antoinette D. T. Throckmorton, in memory of Jules and Ella Turcas, and Bequest of May Blackstone Huntington, by exchange; Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. Koenigsberg, Walter Knight Sturges and Vain and Harry Fish Foundation Gifts and Maria DeWitt Jesup Fund, 1985
William Michael Harnett, Still Life—Violin and Music, 1888, oil on canvas, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Collection, Wolfe Fund, 1963