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Text reads 'The Art of Illumination' in purple decorative font with ornamental flourishes on a black background.

The Visionary Art of Michael Green

Rumi Art • Celtic Blessings • Barn Art

Discover the visionary art of Michael Green, renowned illustrator of The Illuminated Rumi with Coleman Barks. His mixed-media work blends sacred poetry, illuminated manuscripts, and spiritual symbolism drawn from the great Sufi poets and traditional Celtic arts. The art is on display at the Green Barn Gallery by appointment.

Explore:

  • Original mixed-media paintings

  • Archival art prints

  • Books and cards featuring mystical poetry

Read more about Michael Green. And enjoy some great Americana music by The Illumination Band — a brainchild of Michael’s with lyrics adapted from Barks’ Rumi translations.

ORIGINAL ART
ARCHIVAL GICLEE PRINTS
White Mandala
White Mandala
A detailed geometric pattern with a central flower design surrounded by concentric shapes, set against a textured green background with four small ornate squares in each corner.
Blessed Be

Each person's life is like a mandala – a vast, limitless circle. We stand in the center of our own circle, and everything we see, hear and think forms the mandala of our life. The architecture of the mandala represents both the nature of reality and the order of an awakened mind.

-Stephen Keyes

Artists Michael Green and Saliha Green sitting together.

Michael and Sally Green

A pink lotus flower floating on water with ripples and a soft, pastel-colored background.
Michael Green & Ed Snodgrass, AVAM

American Visionary Art Museum Exhibit

Healing and the Art of Compassion

(and the Lack Thereof!)

Oct. 9, 2021 - Sep. 4, 2022

Latest Book

The Illuminated Hafiz:

Love Poems

for the Journey to Light

translations by Coleman Barks,

Robert Bly, Meher Baba, Peter Brooks,

foreword by Omid Safi,

& essays by Jonathan Granoff

Sounds True, 2019

Illustration of a person seated by a river, looking at a sailing boat, with a large mythical bird flying overhead and poetic text about nature, remembrance, and peace.
Decorative lavender and white border with a central star-shaped ornament.
Tne Illuminated Rumi by Michael Green
Decorative purple border with a geometric floral design in the center.
Inspirational quote by Deepak Chopra on a light purple background with a water lily flower in the center.
A page from a book or magazine with reviews on the right and left columns, with decorative icons separating the sections. The reviews mention works about Hafiz, poetry, and spirituality.
A circular design with green, yellow, blue, and purple colors, featuring a quote in elegant script font: "There is this matter of the light in my eyes. If you want to know the Friend, don’t expect elegant arguments! Demand a blessing ..."
Purple decorative line with intricate swirl patterns in the middle.