Michael Swanson is a fine artist who creates paintings of landscapes from Italy and France, including vineyards and villages in Chianti and Tuscany, the harbor town of Antibes on the French Riviera, scenes along the Grand Canal in Venice, lavender fields in France, the harbor town of Portofino in Italy, and the cliffside town of Positano along the Amalfi Coast in Italy. He also paints interiors such as a French window.