Self Portrait
Elements symbolic of particular times, locations and attitudes are present when a painting begins to collect itself. The accumulation forms an amalgamated memory that is general yet composed of specific elements. This memory produces an ambiguous response which makes the image familiar without suggesting anything specific. It is like seeing a person you are sure you know yet you cannot remember a name or location with which to connect. The next response involves specific elements which offer a distinct point of reference for the memory. These elements open a doorway allowing thoughts buried...
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Michael explores the intersection of his lives as fine artist and cabinetmaker builder.
read moreTime Scape, 1993
“Michael’s highly personal approach and unique response to the experience of nature offers an insight that’s new—we revisit places and a sense of time that is long lasting, that is familiar, yet consistent in the unknown character of nature, of curiosity for adventure and discovery,” wrote Martin DeWitt, Director of the Tweed Museum at the time of a career retrospective exhibition.
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