M. C. “Mike” Poulsen is an Award Winning Contemporary Western artist known for his Landscapes, Wildlife, Indian and Western Lifestyle Paintings.

Poulsen’s art career has spanned over 45 years. He participates annually in shows and exhibitions across the country, including those held by the Autry National Center in Los Angeles; the Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa, Oklahoma; the Buffalo Bill Historical Center in Cody, Wyoming; the C.M. Russell Museum in Great Falls, Montana; the National Museum of Wildlife Art in Jackson Hole, Wyoming and the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art in Indianapolis. His work is featured in galleries in New Mexico, Wyoming, Utah, California and Arizona.

His portraiture work has led him to commissions for the Pentagon, The John Hopkins Hospital, The Smithsonian Native American Museum, LDS Church Museum, Brigham Young University Museum as well as numerous private commissions from prominent figures across the United States.