Michael Arnone, also known as Big Mike, is a contemporary American painter based in Palm Springs, California. His work is rooted in geometry, color, and modernist structure, reinterpreted through a distinctly personal lens. Drawing from Mid-Century Modern design, Cubism, and Futurism, his paintings balance precision with intuition, structure with atmosphere.

Working with graphite, oil stick, paint, and paste on meticulously prepared gessoed canvas and wood panel, Arnone builds layered surfaces rich with texture and depth. Grids dissolve, planes intersect, and architectural forms emerge and recede—inviting the viewer into spaces that feel both constructed and discovered.

Deeply influenced by place, Arnone’s work reflects the light and geometry of the California desert alongside impressions gathered through extensive travel—Venice and the Adriatic coast, French Polynesia, and other historic landscapes. These experiences inform a visual language that blends cartography, memory, and myth.

The result is a body of work that feels at once timeless and contemporary: abstract compositions that reward close looking and invite quiet contemplation. Each painting acts as a visual map—charting space, movement, and the emotional resonance of place.