Michael Shipman’s travels to Germany in 2005 provided an important influence on his artwork. He visited Leipzig, Dresden, Wittenberg, and Berlin and traced the footsteps of Luther through several towns. He also visited Museums and attended performances such as Bach’s St. Matthew Passion and St. John Passion and Wagner’s Parsifal.  His visits to New York City in 2007 and Washington, D. C., in 2008 provided inspiration for his presentation of “Walhalla” in The Gold.   In 2010, Shipman traveled to Spain, visiting several museums.

From The Gold in the Modern-Day Spirit of Old