Cigar Art for the Connoisseur

Mike Uhren - Cigar Artist

Welcome to my website and gallery! I specialize in Acrylic and Pen and Ink cigar art for those that appreciate the finer aspects of the tobacco leaf. My artwork hangs in corporate cigar offices, personal cigar rooms, and cigar shops & shops around the country. As you browse through my work, I hope you enjoy the detail, unique vision, and style. No one else in the Country is doing this quality of Cigar Art and you can purchase either an original, a print (some limited) to have as your own. You can also arrange for commissioned one of a kind art by contacting me directly. Enjoy the galleries.

Look for an article regarding my artwork that has been featured in "Cigar Journal" magazine - Issue 1 of 2012

Look for me (incorrectly named as "Mark") in the Fall 2010's issue of Cigar Press Magazine

I recently was interviewed for the blog BTcigars.com The interview can be found HERE

I was also interviewed for the CigarDig.com blog. The interview can be found HERE

PLEASE NOTE: I'm using PayPal as my primary payment method at this time. IF you would like to pay in some alternate form, please e-mail me.

PLEASE NOTE: Prints & Originals are available for worldwide shipping via FedEx

May's work can be found HERE It features "Hecho en Cuba", "So Clean" & "Pair of DDs"

April's work can be found HERE It features "City Smoker", "Resting Rat", "Charred X", "Charred rat in hand", "charred Tat in hand", "Centurion", "Cigars Tre", "Dark Pair", "just blown smoke" & "Light in the Dark"

HERE is a quick link to purchase any of the work featured in the Cigar Journal article

March 2012 pieces can be found HERE - "Three Parts", "Reflected X", "Simply Cigar & Scotch", "Breaking Through", "Yes Smoking" & "Ripped Smoking (1&2)"

A new process of art/series I've developed titled "Life Print" can be found HERE

"Opus X Grande" a 2' x 3' piece is up...HERE

The series titled "Paired with - " is now available for purchse - HERE

My new works from February can be found HERE. They include "#2", "That's Cuba"& "LG Chisel"

"t-2012" is now availble HERE. It's the third year I've done the T, but this year it willbe 16" x 20".

Works from January can be found HERE. They include "Here comes Liga", "Princess Jess", "They're Feral", "t-2012", "Subtly Cuban" & "Cuban Burn"

The newest piece (series actually) of 2012 is up! "The Cigar Spirit of (City)" can be found HERE

It features skylines of: Houston, San Fansisco, LA, New York, Miami, Chicago, Pheonix, Philly, San Antonio & Dallas

"Now you see the X" is up. A video has been uploaded to show it in action!

Decembers works "A Pull" & "Deep Creek, MD" are now available for print purchase

I consolidated some pages. All of my November work can now be found HERE. It includes: "Fading X", "Converstional X", "Privada in hand", "A Liga of their own", "One. Two. Three." and "Into the Night"

The winning title for my Undercrown based piece "A Liga of their Own" was selected by Jonathan Drew. It can now be purchased HERE

My pieces from Spetember are now up HERE. They include "Smokey forward & back", "Cloud No. 9" & "Illusione"

Newest piece "My Cuban good night" is posted HERE

click here for the new July pieces: "PAM in Hand", "Xcellence" & "Cigar Rights"

The Large (2' x 3') "Heads of Cuba" is up!. It will be a limited edition set of 100 stretched canvas prints.

The piece/set titled "Liga Privada Sides" and can found HERE

"Tats T - 2011" is UP! but is SOLD OUT

"His" & '"Hers" can be found here.

The LARGE (2' x 3')"stealing a kiss" is up!. It will be a limited edition set of 100 prints.

The LARGE (2' x 3')"one foot over the edge" is up!. It will be a limited edition set of 100 prints. Congrats to Todd E. of MS for suggesting the winning title!

The LARGE (2' x 3')"Rats!" (Liga Privada Dirty Rat) is up!. It will be a limited edition set of 100 prints.

"Behike" (based on a Cuban Cohiba Behike) is up!. It will be a limited edition set of 250 prints.

"Liga Privada Tray" is up!. It will be a limited edition set of 100 prints.

"Cuban Big Boys". All FOUR sets can be found HERE. ALERT. Only the ORIGINAL complete set of prints remains

Mike's Story

I love what I smoke, and I try to lay that love onto canvas or paper in my cigar art.

• Personally, Art began years ago for me while I was in high school. The content of my work has changed through the years, but my interest, my love, my creativity sparked then. I found focus in my artwork near the end of graduation while completing a mural for the school with another student that still stands to this day. If you ever get the chance to drive by Westerville North High School in Westerville, Ohio (suburb of Columbus, Ohio), take a peek at the mural…All me. Because of my early achievements in the area of Fine Art, I received an Art scholarship at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio. I completed two years of Fine Arts training before coming to the realization that I also had some skills outside of Fine Arts. I made the change to Advertising and graduated Cum Laude in 2000, with a degree in Advertising.
• I spent the next years working in the fields of Advertising, then Real Estate, and currently, Parenthood. Parenthood is both one of the greatest challenges and rewarding situations I’ve ever been a part of. It presents me with many opportunities daily and a year or so back, it opened my eye to the world of art again. I got the itch again! Aside from the beauty of my family, I also had beautiful cigars around. So, I painted an Ashton Cabinet band while I smoked on the back porch with no intention of selling it. Yet, I put it up on Cigarbid Forum and it was out of my hands! Thus, the cigar art path was paved.
• As for my artistic style or approach to cigar art, I wish I could say that I had a lot to do with the composition of those first pieces; but truthfully, I just painted what I saw using a color palate that I really dig - mellow, cool browns. That is the kind of art that I would want hanging in my room. Well, that IS the kind of art hanging in my room. Everything I’ve done I would gladly hang in my man room. I just hope that others feel the same way when they see my work. I hope they think “I can chill with that in my room. I can feel good about that.” Of late, I think my Advertising experience has played a large part in my artistic developments. You see, it’s hard for me to reach into my humidor and not think of how the cigar I’m holding will make me feel, or what imagery it will evoke in me. I’ve done a VERY few unbanded / unbranded pieces and I think that’s because of two things. One, the bands are magnificent in themselves! Two, I’d like my art to represent the status and prestige of the cigars I am smoking at the time. I want to look at a finished piece and think “That reminds me of the (blank) cigar I smoked. That reminds me of the time I had Scotch with (blank) cigar. Man that was fun.” Overall, my cigar art is a fusion of my taste in cigars and own artistic preferences that I hope others will appreciate as well.
• My cigar art is now out there and so am I. I hope that someday you will encounter us both. You can find my artwork in the homes of many Brothers and Sisters of the Leaf. In total to date, over 40 original pieces are scattered around the US. I believe one was even gifted to someone in England. Prints have been just as far reaching, spreading from California to Florida and everywhere in between. If you want to see some of my work in person, you can also find it for sale at Good Karma Cigar in Amarillo,Texas. Todd is the owner and a fan of my work that has a set of pieces you won’t find listed here. They’re for his customers only. If you’re nearby Good Karma Cigar, stop in and say “Hello” to Todd! Or, my artwork can be found in the offices of Jon Huber & Tim Ozgener of CAO Cigars International, Jonathan Drew of Drew Estate Cigars, and Pete Johnson of Tatuaje Cigars. It is a great source of pride for me to be able to create a backdrop for everyday business for these forerunners in the Cigar market today knowing that it is their work that is the true inspiration for my work. It is nice to think that I may be giving them some benefit in turn. As for me personally, you might find me frequenting a few cigar forums. I’ve found the forums to be great places to meet folks who dig what you do, get some quality feedback and sometimes even create/commission artwork that they’ve been unable to find themselves. Through the forums, I’ve also gotten the opportunity to provide some of my artwork as prizes for troop fundraisers. In the near future, look to find me also as the featured artist in Cigar Press Magazine. So, I am really accessible and real-just a guy with a cigar in one hand and a paintbrush in the other!

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Featured Pieces (click for entire gallery)

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Testimonials

• DP of OH says "I have bought two commissioned paintings from Mike and I would recommend anyone interested to explore this option with Mike. I am holding an open spot on another wall for another painting from Mike. He will not disappoint."
• TL of FL says "your art is center stage in my 'man room'"
• DK of LA says "I liked your work so much that I had 2 different drawings put on the Mississippi Fishin' Herf shirts"
• Mark Redmond, Oregon City Or says "I received the print from Mike and was floored!!! Mike Uhren has a fantastic talent to bring inanimate subjects to life with the stroke of a brush... Simply amazing!!!"
• CA of OH says "I find Mike's art work to be outstanding.....I own several of his works and will continue to buy them. He has a great touch with any medium that he uses and makes a painting come to life right before your eyes."
• Jeff Brady aka Blu says "The art is great... It will go very well in the mancave too."
• M.K., Bakersfield, CA says "Mike is brings incredible talent to the cigar industry with his art. His unique visions and clean style shows through all of his pieces. His attention to detail wows me as a look closely at the pieces I have bought from him, that hang proudly in my cigar room!"
• RN of CA says "Got the print! Thanks bro! Looks awesome!"
• RF of TN says "I received the print yesterday and I am VERY PLEASED!"
• DN of CA says "I just received it, and it looks great!"
• MM of XX says "The artwork is flipping awesome! Looks great posted above my vino, letting all who enter know that cigars will be smoked, and scotch will be consumed."
• CM of XX says "Your artwork is leaps & bounds above any other artist currently producing cigar influenced pieces I've seen thus far! Again, Thanks for what you do for our hobby!"
• Jon DiBartolomeo says "Mikes art is an interpertation of a reflecting moment while I smoke cigars rather if im by myself or a group of firends."

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