Michael Cleverly Opens Vile’s Aspen Bureau

Michael's proximity to the epicenter of one of the nation's bastions of unwelcomed wealth affords him an unparalleled view of the effects of plutocracy. He is a regular contributor to Aspen Sojourner Magazine and has made a few enemies amongst the entitled over the past decade.

We are absolutely thrilled to have him on our team.

About Michael Cleverly:
Artist/Writer Michael Cleverly lives in a log cabin in Woody Creek, six miles from Aspen Colorado. He arrived in the Aspen area in the early 1970’s and never managed to escape.

For ten years, he wrote a column for The Aspen Times, he co-authored “The Kitchen Readings: Untold Stories of Hunter S. Thompson” and is a regular contributor to Aspen Sojourner Magazine. He is at work on a novel “Shepard of the Stars,” a love story about genetic memory.

As an artist, in the 70’s and 80’s his focus was on commissioned portraits and paintings of friends. He is currently doing portraits of his stacks of cordwood, decaying trailer parks, and renderings from antique family photographs, Cleverly has shown and been collected across the United States.