{"id":320,"date":"2026-06-07T13:46:56","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T17:46:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2026\/?page_id=320"},"modified":"2026-06-07T14:21:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T18:21:08","slug":"michael-bennett","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2026\/sponsors-exhibitors\/2026-exhibitors\/michael-bennett\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Bennett (of ProgDay)"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_323\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-323\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-323 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/MichaelBennett-MemoriesOfGreen-InProgress-700x1093.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Bennett - Memories Of Green - In Progress\" width=\"700\" height=\"1093\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/MichaelBennett-MemoriesOfGreen-InProgress-700x1093.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/MichaelBennett-MemoriesOfGreen-InProgress-192x300.jpg 192w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/MichaelBennett-MemoriesOfGreen-InProgress-768x1199.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/MichaelBennett-MemoriesOfGreen-InProgress-984x1536.jpg 984w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/MichaelBennett-MemoriesOfGreen-InProgress-800x1249.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/MichaelBennett-MemoriesOfGreen-InProgress.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-323\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael Bennett &#8211; Memories Of Green &#8211; In Progress<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Best known by the ProgStock crowd as the organizer of\u00a0<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 2026!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_322\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-322\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-322 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/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\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Hinterland-Wobbler-\u00a9-Michael-Bennett-334-dpi-700x351.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Hinterland-Wobbler-\u00a9-Michael-Bennett-334-dpi-300x151.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Hinterland-Wobbler-\u00a9-Michael-Bennett-334-dpi-768x385.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Hinterland-Wobbler-\u00a9-Michael-Bennett-334-dpi-800x401.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Hinterland-Wobbler-\u00a9-Michael-Bennett-334-dpi.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-322\" 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-320 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\/2026\/sponsors-exhibitors\/2026-exhibitors\/michael-bennett\/memories-of-green-michael-bennett-300-dpi\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"226\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/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-1-324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Memories-Of-Green-\u00a9-Michael-Bennett-300-dpi-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Memories-Of-Green-\u00a9-Michael-Bennett-300-dpi-700x929.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Memories-Of-Green-\u00a9-Michael-Bennett-300-dpi-768x1020.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Memories-Of-Green-\u00a9-Michael-Bennett-300-dpi-1157x1536.jpg 1157w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Memories-Of-Green-\u00a9-Michael-Bennett-300-dpi-800x1062.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Memories-Of-Green-\u00a9-Michael-Bennett-300-dpi.jpg 1200w\" 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-1-324'>\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\/2026\/sponsors-exhibitors\/2026-exhibitors\/michael-bennett\/straight-from-the-heart-color-michael-bennett-300dpi-700x1022\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"205\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Straight-From-The-Heart-Color-\u00a9-Michael-Bennett-300dpi-700x1022-1-205x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Straight From The Heart Color - \u00a9Michael Bennett\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Straight-From-The-Heart-Color-\u00a9-Michael-Bennett-300dpi-700x1022-1-205x300.jpg 205w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Straight-From-The-Heart-Color-\u00a9-Michael-Bennett-300dpi-700x1022-1.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 205px) 100vw, 205px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-330'>\n\t\t\t\tStraight From The Heart Color &#8211; \u00a9Michael Bennett\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-320 gallery-columns-3 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\/2026\/sponsors-exhibitors\/2026-exhibitors\/michael-bennett\/the-tortoise-the-hare-progday-2019-michael-bennett-20in-wide-300-dpi\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"251\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/The-Tortoise-The-Hare-ProgDay-2019-\u00a9-Michael-Bennett-20in-Wide-300-dpi-251x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"The Tortoise &amp; The Hare (ProgDay 2019) - \u00a9 Michael Bennett\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/The-Tortoise-The-Hare-ProgDay-2019-\u00a9-Michael-Bennett-20in-Wide-300-dpi-251x300.jpg 251w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/The-Tortoise-The-Hare-ProgDay-2019-\u00a9-Michael-Bennett-20in-Wide-300-dpi-700x838.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/The-Tortoise-The-Hare-ProgDay-2019-\u00a9-Michael-Bennett-20in-Wide-300-dpi-768x920.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/The-Tortoise-The-Hare-ProgDay-2019-\u00a9-Michael-Bennett-20in-Wide-300-dpi-800x958.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/The-Tortoise-The-Hare-ProgDay-2019-\u00a9-Michael-Bennett-20in-Wide-300-dpi.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 251px) 100vw, 251px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-329'>\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\/2026\/sponsors-exhibitors\/2026-exhibitors\/michael-bennett\/the-green-room-progday-2013-michael-bennett-300-dpi\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"265\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/The-Green-Room-ProgDay-2013-\u00a9-Michael-Bennett-300-dpi-265x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"The Green Room (ProgDay 2013) - \u00a9 Michael Bennett\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/The-Green-Room-ProgDay-2013-\u00a9-Michael-Bennett-300-dpi-265x300.jpg 265w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/The-Green-Room-ProgDay-2013-\u00a9-Michael-Bennett-300-dpi-700x792.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/The-Green-Room-ProgDay-2013-\u00a9-Michael-Bennett-300-dpi-768x868.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/The-Green-Room-ProgDay-2013-\u00a9-Michael-Bennett-300-dpi-800x905.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/The-Green-Room-ProgDay-2013-\u00a9-Michael-Bennett-300-dpi.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 265px) 100vw, 265px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-328'>\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\/2026\/sponsors-exhibitors\/2026-exhibitors\/michael-bennett\/after-the-storm-michael-bennett-12inches\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"283\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/After-The-Storm-\u00a9-Michael-Bennett-12inches-283x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"After The Storm - \u00a9 Michael Bennett\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/After-The-Storm-\u00a9-Michael-Bennett-12inches-283x300.jpg 283w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/After-The-Storm-\u00a9-Michael-Bennett-12inches-700x743.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/After-The-Storm-\u00a9-Michael-Bennett-12inches-768x815.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/After-The-Storm-\u00a9-Michael-Bennett-12inches-800x849.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/After-The-Storm-\u00a9-Michael-Bennett-12inches.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 283px) 100vw, 283px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-325'>\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-320 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\/2026\/sponsors-exhibitors\/2026-exhibitors\/michael-bennett\/018c1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"296\" src=\"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Summer-Song-ProgDay-1998-Color-\u00a9-Michael-Bennett-300-dpi-300x296.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Summer-Song-ProgDay-1998-Color-\u00a9-Michael-Bennett-300-dpi-300x296.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Summer-Song-ProgDay-1998-Color-\u00a9-Michael-Bennett-300-dpi-700x691.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Summer-Song-ProgDay-1998-Color-\u00a9-Michael-Bennett-300-dpi-768x758.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Summer-Song-ProgDay-1998-Color-\u00a9-Michael-Bennett-300-dpi-800x790.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Summer-Song-ProgDay-1998-Color-\u00a9-Michael-Bennett-300-dpi.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/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\/2026\/sponsors-exhibitors\/2026-exhibitors\/michael-bennett\/mb1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"252\" src=\"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Exodus-Nathan-Mahl-\u00a9-Michael-Bennett-300-dpi-300x252.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Exodus-Nathan-Mahl-\u00a9-Michael-Bennett-300-dpi-300x252.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Exodus-Nathan-Mahl-\u00a9-Michael-Bennett-300-dpi-700x589.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Exodus-Nathan-Mahl-\u00a9-Michael-Bennett-300-dpi-768x646.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Exodus-Nathan-Mahl-\u00a9-Michael-Bennett-300-dpi-800x673.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Exodus-Nathan-Mahl-\u00a9-Michael-Bennett-300-dpi.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Best known by the ProgStock crowd as the organizer of\u00a0ProgDay, 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, Ken Golden&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":77,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-320","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=320"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/320\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":331,"href":"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/320\/revisions\/331"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/77"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}