Michael Obermeyer

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Museums and corporations have also taken notice of Obermeyer's work, which romantically captures the varied landscapes of California the way we'd like to see them, or at least remember them. Both the Orange County Museum of Art and Bowers Museum in Santa Ana have exhibited his work, and his clients include Disney Studios, The Irvine Company, the Orange County Register, Warner Brothers, and McDonnell Douglas as well as many private individuals.

Good thing, too, because he has a family to support. "I guess I don't have to go work for the Highway Patrol," quips the husband and father of two daughters. The Pasadena-born Obermeyer received his bachelor's degree in illustration from Cal State Long Beach, then studied at the Art Institute of Southern California in Laguna Beach.