"The images presented by Lotus Effect are subtle and nuanced, offering the discerning viewer a chance to discover. His images are not for those lacking the time or desire to indulge intimately in art." - CHRISTIAN GREY
Mikeal Béland is a photographer and mixed media artist from the Rocky Mountain milieu of Southern Montana. Born to a lineage of pioneers who settled the American west, his family helped shape an appreciation and love of the natural world. A classically trained pianist, Eagle Scout, and 4-H Champion, he attended the University of Washington in Seattle for Comparative History and Visual Arts. His early photography, visual arts, mixed media, and musical performance achieved multiple award-winning accolades.
In 2008, he embarked on Landscape Intrusions, an expedition documenting wildfires and deforestation, habitat destruction, and human influence on America’s World Heritage Sites---Olympic National Park, Redwood National Park, and Yellowstone National Park. Traveling to New York in September, he began working under fashion photographer Andrea Blanch, protégé of Richard Avedon. His public debut in Manhattan was at the OUTAuction NYC at the Metropolitan Pavillion in Chelsea on November 23, 2008. Mikeal continues to work on documentaries, fine art photography, and mixed media projects across the United States.