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OUT OF THE SHADOWS (2014)
Acrylic on Panel - 12” x 24”With this painting I revisit themes developed in my "Passage" series, featured heavily in my first couple of one-man shows at the Tree’s Place gallery. 1/3
#fineart #personalvisions #imaginativerealism #passage #fadedstar
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FLOOD (2000)
Acrylic on Canvas - 36” x 48”Faced with the prospect of cancer surgery, I thought that while awash in pain killers I might at least experience some interesting dreams. Instead I found that the medications did exactly the opposite, completely deadening any creative sense I had. 1/4
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TRUST (2016)
Acrylic - 12” x 16”The masonite board I had been using became a painting that fits a theme begun with LEAP OF FAITH and runs through WINGING IT and other paintings. 1/3
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LUMEN 5.1 (1999)
Acrylic on Canvas - 30" x 20"The shape of the opening admitting the glare of light is somewhat like a diagram of an eye, with the circle held by the figure representing the iris. The further one goes outward the greater one can see inward.
https://www.michaelwhelan.com/galleries/lumen-51/
#fineart #personalvisions #imaginativerealism #fadedstar #lumen
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LEAP OF FAITH (2002)
Acrylic on Panel - 11” x 10”The smallest of the Faded Star series, it is a visual reflection of the unease and excitement I felt at jumping forth into the [for me] new world of so-called fine art painting.
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SUBTERRANEANS (1992)
Acrylic on Canvas - 44” x 33”Companion piece to CLIMBER and THE RED STEP, this painting is firmly set within my Faded Star series.
My original conception of the image didn’t seem right somehow, and I had been wondering how I could improve on it. 1/4
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ORBIS SCIENTIARUM (1997)
Acrylic on Panel - 24” x 36”It is frequently assumed that if we try hard enough, there are no limits to our understanding of the universe. 1/4
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CHASM (2000)
Acrylic on Panel - 30" x 20"I keep a sketchpad next to the bed for recording ideas which arrive as I am falling asleep or waking up... prime time for my "muse channel." 1/2
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PENDULUM (1999)
Acrylic on Panel - 11" x 9"At times the light of knowledge seems to only illuminate the negative side of our existence and becomes a burden to the spirit. He is considering letting it go—"ignorance is bliss"—as he makes his difficult journey towards the light of the sky far, far above.
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TERMINUS 2 (2013)
Oil on Canvas - 48" X 36"After doing a similar painting that had figures in it, I wanted to do a version without humans in the picture, so this is it. 1/2
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CLIMBER (1992)
Acrylic on Canvas - 42” X 31”On the day I finished this, I brought the painting to the frame shop to show it to Audrey. She was busy with a client, so I left the painting on a table and went to get some lunch. 1/2
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OUT OF THE SHADOWS (2014)
Acrylic on Panel - 12" x 24"With this painting I revisit themes developed in my "Passage" series, featured heavily in my first couple of one-man shows at the Tree’s Place gallery. 1/3
#personalvisions #imaginativerealism #fineart #passage #fadedstar
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CW: Artistic nudity
CAUSEWAY (1992)
Oil on Canvas - 48" X 36"The colors came from a foggy morning walk at a reservoir near my home.
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CW: Artistic nudity
CAUSEWAY (1992)
Oil on Canvas - 48" X 36"The colors came from a foggy morning walk at a reservoir near my home.
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EMPIRE OF DREAMS (2005)
Acrylic on Gessoboard - 28" x 22"A world of concrete works in disarray, thrown about by some unknown cataclysm. 1/3
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EMPIRE OF DREAMS (2005)
Acrylic on Gessoboard - 28" x 22"A world of concrete works in disarray, thrown about by some unknown cataclysm. 1/3
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SILVER TIDE (2006)
Acrylic on Canvas - 60" x 36"Painted as I was 55 turning 56 and pondering the intransigence of time. 1/2
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SILVER TIDE (2006)
Acrylic on Canvas - 60" x 36"Painted as I was 55 turning 56 and pondering the intransigence of time. 1/2
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SUBTERRANEANS (1992)
Acrylic on Canvas - 44" x 33"Companion piece to CLIMBER and THE RED STEP, this painting is firmly set within my Faded Star series. My original conception of the image didn’t seem right somehow, and I had been wondering how I could improve on it. 1/4
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SUBTERRANEANS (1992)
Acrylic on Canvas - 44" x 33"Companion piece to CLIMBER and THE RED STEP, this painting is firmly set within my Faded Star series. My original conception of the image didn’t seem right somehow, and I had been wondering how I could improve on it. 1/4
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LE CHEMIN ALLUMÉE (2008)
Acrylic - 36" X 36""The very meaninglessness of life forces man to create his own meaning. The most terrifying fact about the universe is not that it is hostile but that it is indifferent...
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LE CHEMIN ALLUMÉE (2008)
Acrylic - 36" X 36""The very meaninglessness of life forces man to create his own meaning. The most terrifying fact about the universe is not that it is hostile but that it is indifferent...
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CHASM (2000)
Acrylic on Panel - 30" x 20"I keep a sketchpad next to the bed for recording ideas which arrive as I am falling asleep or waking up... prime time for my "muse channel."
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CHASM (2000)
Acrylic on Panel - 30" x 20"I keep a sketchpad next to the bed for recording ideas which arrive as I am falling asleep or waking up... prime time for my "muse channel."
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ORBIS SCIENTIARUM (1997)
Acrylic on Panel - 24" x 36"It is frequently assumed that if we try hard enough, there are no limits to our understanding of the universe. 1/4
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ORBIS SCIENTIARUM (1997)
Acrylic on Panel - 24" x 36"It is frequently assumed that if we try hard enough, there are no limits to our understanding of the universe. 1/4
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IN A WORLD OF HER OWN (2016)
Acrylic on Canvas - 36" x 48"This painting arose from musing on an interview that Stanley Kubrick gave in 1968, a source of inspiration I have gone back to over the years, revisiting comments made by the director. 1/3
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IN A WORLD OF HER OWN (2016)
Acrylic on Canvas - 36" x 48"This painting arose from musing on an interview that Stanley Kubrick gave in 1968, a source of inspiration I have gone back to over the years, revisiting comments made by the director. 1/3
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Some time after cancer surgery, I experienced compelling waking dreams. I didn't know what they were about, but I felt I had to paint them.
EBB and FLOOD (2000) were done on faith-it didn't matter if anyone—even myself—understood what they were about, they had to be made real. 1/3
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Some time after cancer surgery, I experienced compelling waking dreams. I didn't know what they were about, but I felt I had to paint them.
EBB and FLOOD (2000) were done on faith-it didn't matter if anyone—even myself—understood what they were about, they had to be made real. 1/3
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LIGHT BEHIND THE STAR (2001)
Oil on Canvas - 24" x 24"For me, the faded star is a symbol of despair and disenchantment, but in our children we find the possibilities of a brighter future, a light beyond the negatives of day to day existence.
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LIGHT BEHIND THE STAR (2001)
Oil on Canvas - 24" x 24"For me, the faded star is a symbol of despair and disenchantment, but in our children we find the possibilities of a brighter future, a light beyond the negatives of day to day existence.
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OUT OF THE SHADOWS (2014)
Acrylic on Panel - 12" x 24"With this painting I revisit themes developed in my "Passage" series, featured heavily in my first couple of one-man shows at the Tree’s Place gallery. 1/3
#personalvisions #imaginativerealism #fineart #passage #fadedstar
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OUT OF THE SHADOWS (2014)
Acrylic on Panel - 12" x 24"With this painting I revisit themes developed in my "Passage" series, featured heavily in my first couple of one-man shows at the Tree’s Place gallery. 1/3
#personalvisions #imaginativerealism #fineart #passage #fadedstar
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THE INEXORABLE EQUATION (1997)
Acrylic on Canvas - 48" x 36"The window contains a beautiful but threatening view, seen from a place of illusory refuge.
https://www.michaelwhelan.com/galleries/inexorable-equation/
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THE INEXORABLE EQUATION (1997)
Acrylic on Canvas - 48" x 36"The window contains a beautiful but threatening view, seen from a place of illusory refuge.
https://www.michaelwhelan.com/galleries/inexorable-equation/
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TERMINUS (2007)
Acrylic on Canvas - 36" X 48"Growing up in the fifties and sixties most of us fully expected the progress so evident in society and the space sciences to continue at the same headlong pace they had shown during those years. 1/3
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TERMINUS (2007)
Acrylic on Canvas - 36" X 48"Growing up in the fifties and sixties most of us fully expected the progress so evident in society and the space sciences to continue at the same headlong pace they had shown during those years. 1/3
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THE SCALE OF ETERNITY (1999)
Oil on Gessoboard - 25" x 40"On close examination the linear form the man is climbing is marked with gradations like a ruler. At the time I painted SCALE, I was thinking a lot about our innate drive to quantify, judge or rate aspects of our collective human experience. We can't seem to overcome our need to define the best, the prettiest, the most powerful or the biggest.
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THE SCALE OF ETERNITY (1999)
Oil on Gessoboard - 25" x 40"On close examination the linear form the man is climbing is marked with gradations like a ruler. At the time I painted SCALE, I was thinking a lot about our innate drive to quantify, judge or rate aspects of our collective human experience. We can't seem to overcome our need to define the best, the prettiest, the most powerful or the biggest.
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CAUSEWAY (1992)
Oil on Canvas - 48" X 36"The colors came from a foggy morning walk at a reservoir near my home. 1/3
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CAUSEWAY (1992)
Oil on Canvas - 48" X 36"The colors came from a foggy morning walk at a reservoir near my home. 1/3
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EMPIRE OF DREAMS (2005)
Acrylic on Gessoboard - 28" x 22"A world of concrete works in disarray, thrown about by some unknown cataclysm. 1/
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EMPIRE OF DREAMS (2005)
Acrylic on Gessoboard - 28" x 22"A world of concrete works in disarray, thrown about by some unknown cataclysm. 1/