Seven Oaks Park Gallery welcomes Michael Naughton for June-July 2025

Crooked Creek Art League is pleased to announce our newest Public Gallery host, Seven Oaks Park Gallery. This exhibit hosts two artists for two months and features multiple 2D artworks including painting in all media and photography.

One of the artists featured for June and July 2025 is Michael Naughton.  Michael is an active member of CCAL who will serve as President of the League for 2025-26. Check out his paintings in this exciting new public gallery venue.

"Crimson"

About the Art

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"Crimson Serenade" - oil, 40" x 30", $399

Row 1

"Nana i ka eha o Lahaina" - oil, 18" x 24", $250

"A Condo Garden" - 18" x 24", $197

"Three Piers and A Pelican" - oil, 20" x 16", $125

Row 2

"Out Here Learning" - 24" x 18", $200

"Delizia Dorata" - 48" x 36", $400

"Love Energy" - 30" x 40", $575

Row 3

"Stronger, Gentler, Resilient, and More Beautiful" - oil, 20 x 19", $279

Left and middle paintings are a pair.

"Aerial View" - oil, 24" x 20", $279

Row 4

"Sunflowers" - oil, 24" x 18", $187

"The Eighth Sorrow - Exclusion" - oil, 48" x 24" (framed), $789

"Resting Pelican" - oil, 16" x 12", $80

About the Artist

Michael Naughton

Michael Naughton is a self-taught acrylic painter who began to paint over 25 years ago by painting his work on decorative items for the home. Around 2020, while contemplating retirement from his professional career as a Human Resources and Learning Development leader, he began to evolve his work into original paintings on canvas. He also began to take on-line and in-person courses.

Michael has shown his work in and around the Columbia, South Carolina area. He participated in the Rosewood Art and Music Festival, Still Hopes Exhibition, Cottontown Art Crawl, and 701 CCA Columbia Open Studios at Genesis Studios. Michael had the honor of being an exhibitor at 911 Lady Street during the Artista Vista 2023 and 2024. 

In October 2024, Michael was one of seven exhibitors in the first ever Queerfish Exhibition as part of the 2025 Pride Celebration at the Columbia Museum of Art. During the same week this exhibition traveled to two local churches.

He also had paintings exhibited at Prosperity SC Town Hall, Sozo Family Fitness and Chapin SC Town Hall, organized by the Crooked Creek Art League. And he displays his work regularly at the Ellen Owens Salon in Columbia and Palmetto Fine Arts in Chapin.

Michael’s artistic philosophy is that every artist creates through their own frame of reference.  Michael ‘s goals are to continuously learn from other artists, build on his successes, and modify his techniques. Although Michael prefers creating abstract expressionistic pieces, he also enjoys exploring other styles of painting. He further appreciates that the joy of art for viewers and clients is very personal and diverse. Michael is a proponent of providing art product options affordable to everyone.

Michael has been a resident of South Carolina for 30 years, the past 22 years in Chapin, SC. A native of Pittsburgh, PA, he is a graduate of Penn State University and La Roche University.

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CCAL Gallery Host:

CCAL is thrilled to collaborate with the Seven Oaks Park and the Irmo Chapin Recreation Comission to present visual arts in Seven Oaks Park. Conveniently located at 200 Leisure Lane in the St. Andrews area near the intersection of St. Andrews and Piney Grove Roads, Seven Oaks Park (SOP) is a full-service recreation complex offering fitness, athletics, instructional and cultural arts programs to the Irmo community.  Seven Oaks Park’s special events, recreation programs, and volunteer opportunities are designed for youth, adults, seniors and persons with special needs.

The gallery occupies the front entry hallway. The artwork can be viewed during normal hours of operation. This exhibit hosts up to 32 wall hanging pieces by two artists. This exhibit rotates every two months.

The rotating exhibit of fine art showcases two wall hanging artists from a wide variety of mediums including oil, acrylic, watercolor and photography. Originals and prints can be discovered here with new displays every two months. Each piece of art is labeled with artist contact information.

For more on this and all our other galleries, click HERE.