A graduate of the American Academy of Art in Chicago, Mike Desatnick creates strikingly beautiful and colorful canvases of Native Americans and their traditional ceremonials. While the overall rendering of the figures is realistic, he interprets the colors, texture and overall mood of his subject in a painterly, impressionistic style, thus bringing an emotional depth to his canvas.

Based out of his home/studio in a picturesque setting in Colorado, Mike also enjoys painting interiors, still-lifes and market scenes. He is a multiple award winning artist, showing his work in Scottsdale, Santa Fe and Jackson Hole.  He has exhibited in various invitational shows, including Allied Artists in New York, Artists of America in Denver, the Peking China Exhibit and the Masters of the American West at the Gene Autry Museum in Los Angeles.  Mike currently exhibits in the Quest for the West at the Eiteljorg Museum in Indianapolis, IN and in the Rims to Ruins show at the Mesa Verde National Park and the Wildlife Experience Museum in Denver, CO.