Posts Tagged: American Artist

NJ Emerging Artist Series Solo Show, “Grid Paintings”

I have a solo show of all my Grid Paintings opening at Monmouth Museum May 29th

NJ Emerging Artist Series Solo Show, “Grid Paintings”

I have a solo show of all my Grid Paintings opening at Monmouth Museum May 29th

Reflection on Grid Paintings

the tension of the grid painting as the relation between the size of the canvas and the brush

Reflection on Grid Paintings

the tension of the grid painting as the relation between the size of the canvas and the brush

Madness

Painting by Michael Burris Johnson, 2015

Madness

Painting by Michael Burris Johnson, 2015

Beauty is the Mystery of Life – by Agnes Martin

An Essay on Beauty, Happiness, and the pursuit of Art written by Agnes Martin

Beauty is the Mystery of Life – by Agnes Martin

An Essay on Beauty, Happiness, and the pursuit of Art written by Agnes Martin

Patience

Patience This painting is a visualization and enactment of the struggle to pass through a rigid structure and hold in tact an honest affirmation of life. There is a blending of two distinct styles of painting that do not normally

Patience

Patience This painting is a visualization and enactment of the struggle to pass through a rigid structure and hold in tact an honest affirmation of life. There is a blending of two distinct styles of painting that do not normally

Sagittarius

The constellation paintings are views of the night sky through the eyes of order.  The constellations of stars are an example of the way a smooth space can become striated, a vast continuity or visual chaos can become mapped, captured by

Sagittarius

The constellation paintings are views of the night sky through the eyes of order.  The constellations of stars are an example of the way a smooth space can become striated, a vast continuity or visual chaos can become mapped, captured by

Fox

This fox has been watching me work for quite some time now, I’ve enjoyed having it in the burrow. For all the time I spend painting in the abstract realm, with the grids and all, I enjoy the change of

Fox

This fox has been watching me work for quite some time now, I’ve enjoyed having it in the burrow. For all the time I spend painting in the abstract realm, with the grids and all, I enjoy the change of

In Utero

This painting takes place inside the womb, it is the view from within the protective hollow. The light is strongest on what would be the top of the pregnant belly, where the view from the inner world becomes orange. The

In Utero

This painting takes place inside the womb, it is the view from within the protective hollow. The light is strongest on what would be the top of the pregnant belly, where the view from the inner world becomes orange. The

Deep Sea

A subjectivity immersed in the deep sea, looking up at the sun through miles of water. This is the second grid painting I’ve completed, the first since Pale Composition. The idea for this painting came from a number of different directions

Deep Sea

A subjectivity immersed in the deep sea, looking up at the sun through miles of water. This is the second grid painting I’ve completed, the first since Pale Composition. The idea for this painting came from a number of different directions