Work samples

  • Shadows and Reflections.jpg
    Shadows and Reflections.jpg
    Encaustic print transfer, 18 x 24 This was meant as a self portrait in fragments, using photos of reflections and shadows.
  • IMG_6186.jpg
    IMG_6186.jpg
    Bruised Ego Encaustic photo transfer on panels, 18 x 18 Photographs from television colorized and re-arranged to make a new story
  • fishbowl.jpg
    fishbowl.jpg
    Fishbowl Encaustic 8 x 10, photo transfers with embedded papers and shell
  • 2 starlings.jpg
    2 starlings.jpg
    Two Starlings in a Rainstorm 16 x 24 Collage

About Michael

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Starlings

Several years ago, I found an old photograph of four Starlings in a Funk and Wagnell's Nature Encyclopedia. I was intrigued by it, though I am not sure why. I have made many encaustic prints from the photo since then, and have felt each time that the subject might be exhausted. So far, that has not been the case.
  • Dusk
    Dusk
  • Something unspoken
    Something unspoken
    Encaustic, 12 x 12, image transfer and oil pastels
  • the conversation.jpg
    the conversation.jpg
    encaustic, starlings, 12 x 12, pink
  • Snow
    Snow
    12 x 16", Encaustic print
  • Night
    Night
    18" x 18", Encaustic Print on Plexiglass, November 2019
  • Summer's End
    Summer's End
    8" x 10", Encaustic print, August 2019
  • Afternoon
    Afternoon
    10" x 21", Encaustic Print, November 2019
  • Blue Poppies
    Blue Poppies
    8" x 10", Encaustic Print, November 2019
  • Summer Skies
    Summer Skies
    8" x 10", Encaustic Print
  • The Rain at Night
    The Rain at Night
    8" x 10", Encaustic Print

Abstract

I was interested in color and composition. When the composition "felt" right, the piece was complete
  • Baltimore, April 2015
    Baltimore, April 2015
    Baltimore, 10 x 20, Encaustic, April 2015
  • Line and Circles
    Line and Circles
    Line and Circles, encaustic, 18 x 24
  • 1975 Landscape with Red Roses
    1975 Landscape with Red Roses
    Encaustic, 8 x 10, 1975 Landscape with Red Roses
  • Baltimore October 2015
    Baltimore October 2015
    Baltimore October 2015, encaustic, 8 x 10
  • Edgewater Sunrise
    Edgewater Sunrise
    Edgewater Sunrise, encaustic, 18 x 22

Filmic

Sequential pieces
  • Afternoon at the Museum
    Afternoon at the Museum
    38" x 38", Encaustic Print, May 2019
  • IMG_6186.jpg
    IMG_6186.jpg
    Bruised Ego Encaustic photo transfer on panels, 18 x 18 Photographs from television colorized and re-arranged to make a new story
  • The Things We Leave Behind
    The Things We Leave Behind
    12 x 16", Encaustic Print
  • Apparition
    Apparition
    25" x 8", Encaustic Print, March 2015
  • Shadows and Reflections.jpg
    Shadows and Reflections.jpg
    Encaustic print transfer, 18 x 24 This was meant as a self portrait in fragments, using photos of reflections and shadows.
  • Polaroids (Dorothea, Age 16)
    Polaroids (Dorothea, Age 16)
    12" x 16", Encaustic Print, November 2019