{"id":268,"date":"2025-06-09T22:51:57","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T02:51:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/?page_id=268"},"modified":"2025-06-10T00:22:47","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T04:22:47","slug":"michael-bennett","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/sponsors-exhibitors\/2025-exhibitors\/michael-bennett\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Bennett (of ProgDay)"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_307\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-307\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-307 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/MichaelBennett-ImpactShade-InProgress-700x997.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Bennett - Impact &amp; Shade - In Progress\" width=\"700\" height=\"997\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/MichaelBennett-ImpactShade-InProgress-700x997.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/MichaelBennett-ImpactShade-InProgress-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/MichaelBennett-ImpactShade-InProgress-768x1093.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/MichaelBennett-ImpactShade-InProgress-1079x1536.jpg 1079w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/MichaelBennett-ImpactShade-InProgress-1438x2048.jpg 1438w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/MichaelBennett-ImpactShade-InProgress-800x1139.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/MichaelBennett-ImpactShade-InProgress.jpg 1529w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-307\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael Bennett &#8211; Impact &amp; Shade &#8211; In Progress<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Best known by the ProgStock crowd as the organizer of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.progday.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ProgDay<\/a>, Michael Bennett is also a fine artist, graphic artist, and album cover artist.<\/p>\n<p>Beginning with illustration work for magazines, posters, calendars and books, a shift in direction led Michael to essentially abandon painting and drawing for almost 15 years. In the mid 1990s, Ken Golden of The Laser\u2019s Edge Group saw Michael\u2019s previous work and asked him to create the art for Il Trono Dei Ricordi\u2019s self-titled release. Since then, Michael has established an international reputation as an artist for his surrealistic and expressionistic work, particularly within the music industry. You may have seen his paintings on releases by Wobbler, Cast, A Triggering Myth, Nathan Mahl, Ethos, Ozone Quartet, and many others, his masthead for Progression Magazine, or his art for events like ProgDay and Cruise To The Edge.<\/p>\n<p>Michael exhibits from time to time and has been interviewed by numerous publications. He will be bringing his artwork to back to us at ProgStock 2025!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_304\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-304\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-304 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Hinterland-Wobbler-\u00a9-Michael-Bennett-334-dpi-700x351.jpg\" alt=\"Hinterland (Wobbler) - \u00a9 Michael Bennett\" width=\"700\" height=\"351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Hinterland-Wobbler-\u00a9-Michael-Bennett-334-dpi-700x351.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Hinterland-Wobbler-\u00a9-Michael-Bennett-334-dpi-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Hinterland-Wobbler-\u00a9-Michael-Bennett-334-dpi-768x385.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Hinterland-Wobbler-\u00a9-Michael-Bennett-334-dpi-1536x770.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Hinterland-Wobbler-\u00a9-Michael-Bennett-334-dpi-2048x1027.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Hinterland-Wobbler-\u00a9-Michael-Bennett-334-dpi-800x401.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-304\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hinterland (Wobbler) &#8211; \u00a9 Michael Bennett<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Links<\/strong><br \/>\nWebsite:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/michaelbennett.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/michaelbennett.com\/<\/a><br \/>\nPrint-On-Demand Store:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/theartofmichaelbennett.threadless.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/theartofmichaelbennett.threadless.com\/<\/a><br \/>\nFacebook:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100064131427685\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100064131427685<\/a><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-268 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/sponsors-exhibitors\/2025-exhibitors\/michael-bennett\/memories-of-green-michael-bennett-300-dpi\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"226\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Memories-Of-Green-\u00a9-Michael-Bennett-300-dpi-226x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Memories Of Green - \u00a9 Michael Bennett\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Memories-Of-Green-\u00a9-Michael-Bennett-300-dpi-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Memories-Of-Green-\u00a9-Michael-Bennett-300-dpi-700x929.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Memories-Of-Green-\u00a9-Michael-Bennett-300-dpi-768x1020.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Memories-Of-Green-\u00a9-Michael-Bennett-300-dpi-1157x1536.jpg 1157w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Memories-Of-Green-\u00a9-Michael-Bennett-300-dpi-1543x2048.jpg 1543w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Memories-Of-Green-\u00a9-Michael-Bennett-300-dpi-800x1062.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Memories-Of-Green-\u00a9-Michael-Bennett-300-dpi-scaled.jpg 1928w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-306'>\n\t\t\t\tMemories Of Green &#8211; \u00a9 Michael Bennett\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/sponsors-exhibitors\/2025-exhibitors\/michael-bennett\/straight-from-the-heart-color-michael-bennett-300dpi\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"206\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Straight-From-The-Heart-Color-\u00a9-Michael-Bennett-300dpi-206x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Straight From The Heart \u00a9 Michael Bennett\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Straight-From-The-Heart-Color-\u00a9-Michael-Bennett-300dpi-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Straight-From-The-Heart-Color-\u00a9-Michael-Bennett-300dpi-700x1022.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Straight-From-The-Heart-Color-\u00a9-Michael-Bennett-300dpi-768x1121.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Straight-From-The-Heart-Color-\u00a9-Michael-Bennett-300dpi-800x1168.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Straight-From-The-Heart-Color-\u00a9-Michael-Bennett-300dpi.jpg 936w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-310'>\n\t\t\t\tStraight From The Heart \u00a9 Michael Bennett\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-268 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/sponsors-exhibitors\/2025-exhibitors\/michael-bennett\/the-tortoise-the-hare-progday-2019-michael-bennett-20in-wide-300-dpi\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/The-Tortoise-The-Hare-ProgDay-2019-\u00a9-Michael-Bennett-20in-Wide-300-dpi-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"The Tortoise &amp; The Hare (ProgDay 2019) - \u00a9 Michael Bennett\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-312\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-312'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Tortoise &#038; The Hare (ProgDay 2019) &#8211; \u00a9 Michael Bennett\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/sponsors-exhibitors\/2025-exhibitors\/michael-bennett\/the-green-room-progday-2013-michael-bennett-300-dpi\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/The-Green-Room-ProgDay-2013-\u00a9-Michael-Bennett-300-dpi-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"The Green Room (ProgDay 2013) - \u00a9 Michael Bennett\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-309\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-309'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Green Room (ProgDay 2013) &#8211; \u00a9 Michael Bennett\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/sponsors-exhibitors\/2025-exhibitors\/michael-bennett\/after-the-storm-michael-bennett-12inches\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/After-The-Storm-\u00a9-Michael-Bennett-12inches-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"After The Storm - \u00a9 Michael Bennett\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-302\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-302'>\n\t\t\t\tAfter The Storm &#8211; \u00a9 Michael Bennett\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-268 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/sponsors-exhibitors\/2025-exhibitors\/michael-bennett\/018c1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"296\" src=\"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Summer-Song-ProgDay-1998-Color-\u00a9-Michael-Bennett-300-dpi-300x296.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Summer Song - ProgDay 1998 - \u00a9 Michael Bennett\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Summer-Song-ProgDay-1998-Color-\u00a9-Michael-Bennett-300-dpi-300x296.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Summer-Song-ProgDay-1998-Color-\u00a9-Michael-Bennett-300-dpi-700x691.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Summer-Song-ProgDay-1998-Color-\u00a9-Michael-Bennett-300-dpi-768x759.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Summer-Song-ProgDay-1998-Color-\u00a9-Michael-Bennett-300-dpi-1536x1517.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Summer-Song-ProgDay-1998-Color-\u00a9-Michael-Bennett-300-dpi-2048x2023.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Summer-Song-ProgDay-1998-Color-\u00a9-Michael-Bennett-300-dpi-800x790.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-313'>\n\t\t\t\tSummer Song &#8211; ProgDay 1998 &#8211; \u00a9 Michael Bennett\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/sponsors-exhibitors\/2025-exhibitors\/michael-bennett\/mb1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"252\" src=\"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Exodus-Nathan-Mahl-\u00a9-Michael-Bennett-300-dpi-300x252.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Exodus - Nathan Mahl - \u00a9 Michael Bennett\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Exodus-Nathan-Mahl-\u00a9-Michael-Bennett-300-dpi-300x252.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Exodus-Nathan-Mahl-\u00a9-Michael-Bennett-300-dpi-700x588.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Exodus-Nathan-Mahl-\u00a9-Michael-Bennett-300-dpi-768x646.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Exodus-Nathan-Mahl-\u00a9-Michael-Bennett-300-dpi-1536x1291.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Exodus-Nathan-Mahl-\u00a9-Michael-Bennett-300-dpi-800x672.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Exodus-Nathan-Mahl-\u00a9-Michael-Bennett-300-dpi.jpg 1963w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-303'>\n\t\t\t\tExodus &#8211; Nathan Mahl &#8211; \u00a9 Michael Bennett\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Best known by the ProgStock crowd as the organizer of ProgDay, Michael Bennett is also a fine artist, graphic artist, and album cover artist. Beginning with illustration work for magazines, posters, calendars and books, a shift in direction led Michael to essentially abandon painting and drawing for almost 15 years. In the mid 1990s,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":70,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-268","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=268"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/268\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":314,"href":"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/268\/revisions\/314"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/70"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}