Author name: Mike Dooley

Mike Dooley is a fine art photographer whose work is rooted in stillness, light, and the quiet emotional pull of the natural world. Through landscapes and seascapes, he creates images that do more than capture a place — they offer a pause. A breath. A moment of calm in a loud and restless world. Drawn especially to coastlines, horizons, and the subtle dialogue between sky and water, Mike’s photography reflects a lifelong search for balance and clarity. His images are less about spectacle and more about feeling — the kind that settles in slowly and stays with you. Photography, for Mike, is both craft and calling. Each piece is thoughtfully composed, carefully printed, and intentionally created to live beyond the screen — meant to be experienced on the wall, where it can quietly shape the space around it. His work is designed to restore, not distract. Based in the United States, Mike creates fine art prints for homes, offices, medical spaces, and collectors who value beauty with depth and intention. His approach blends technical precision with a poetic eye, guided by a simple belief: art should bring peace, not noise. From printer to wall — farm to table for your soul.

Invitation to Mike Dooley's opening reception at Dryden Gallery, November 20, 6:00-8:30 PM
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Opening Reception at Dryden Gallery

As an artist, one of my favorite things is to share my photographs. To share my visions, what I see, and how I have captured them with my camera excites me, and drives me to continue creating! Each photograph that I create contains more than just the scene before my lens. It contains a little

Tugboat Joan Moran at sunrise off Conimicut Point, Rhode Island, fine art photograph by Mike Dooley
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Be Bold, Be Strong – Be a Tug Boat

Photographers put a lot of planning into an outing — scouting locations, checking tide charts, deciding on gear ahead of time, all in service of the specific shot in your head. Then you show up, get set up, dial in your exposure and composition, and wait for the light. Sometimes that plan goes right out

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Sometimes Photographers get lost

Sometimes we get lost Sometimes we get lost. Not just as an artist or a photographer, but as a person. It happened to me. The reasons might be different for everyone, but the struggle is the same — a loss of identity, a loss of confidence, and it hits your creative work hard. For several

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Has a Photograph Ever Made You Feel?

The Story Has a photograph ever made you feel something? Not just looked nice, but actually pulled up a memory — a childhood spot, a smile you didn’t expect. A lot of the time when I look back at my own photographs, I’m not really seeing the image, I’m reliving the morning I made it.

The Lighthouse at Beavertail State Park, photographed by Mike Dooley for the 2015 RI Blood Center Seasons Pass
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Introducing the 2014-2015 Seasons’ Pass Artist

I am very excited, and very humbled, to announce that I have been selected as the 2014-2015 Seasons’ Pass artist for the Rhode Island Blood Center. On Tuesday, March 4 the Rhode Island Blood Center held a press conference, where they unveiled this year’s work of art by 2013-2014 Seasons’ Pass artist Christine McIntyre-Hannon. At

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