These are two acrylic paintings, one of an abstract Ball or Sphere, and one of an abstract Cone. Energetic and expressive swirls of color are chaotically focused on creating a recognizable image. And the darker shadows and horizon lines help to ground the objects.
Simple three dimensional shapes, like cubes, spheres, cones, and cylinders, were some of the first objects I drew when I started my art hobby as a kid. The basic shapes helped simplify the world, and I began to understand how light and dark play against each other to create depth. As a young adult, the more I learn about the nature of the physical world, I understand there is more complexity than can be perceived by senses I’m accustomed to using, like sight and touch. So the paintings are a reminder of invisible depth in unobvious places.
The Sphere (ball) painting is approximately 11″x11″ and the Cone painting is approximately 13.5″x14″. Both artworks are painted on masonite board.
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1 The art lurker // Sep 20, 2008 at 10:49 am
Michael these are wild and beautiful and just plain fun. Really really cool! My eyes get lost following and trying to make order of shape and space.
You don’t state what the heavy white background texture is? (Is that gesso?) I can see the subtle grey tones defining depth in the first - yet you let that texture just play on it’s own in the second.
This theme is definitely something to be explored and developed further. These are really exceptional pieces Michael. Have you sent jpgs to contemporary galleries ?
2 MDE-ART.com // Sep 20, 2008 at 12:07 pm
Thanks Vikki. It’s all acrylic… LOTS of acrylic! lol. Although, there are about 3 or 4 paintings underneath these, and layers of texture show through in areas.
I’d like to do more, but the style eats up paint so fast, lol. I need more masonite and will have to start buying paint in bulk. I’m excited about it though!
Oye, galleries! I gave up on selling a long time ago… to focus on production, needed to pay bills, insecure about quality, fear of unknown, laziness, etc. etc., but your encouragement has me thinking about re-balancing that part of the process.
3 Heather // Sep 20, 2008 at 12:11 pm
These are really wonderful works, I have enjoyed just looking into them and letting my mind wander around, fitting this and that together, just to then let my mind deconstruct so I can see the next layer of information. Love it!
4 MDE-ART.com // Sep 20, 2008 at 6:29 pm
Thanks Heather! Guiding the divine force of paint splatter is pretty fun, and seeing where it leads can be quite a surprise!
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