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  • When Worlds Collide
    When Worlds Collide

    The needs of the majority are utterly ignored while massive inequality continues to grow unchecked, further widening the gap between the disconnected few and the struggling masses. The institutions meant to uphold fairness and justice are being dismantled and the flame of democracy fades. 

    Acrylic on canvas

    36"x43"

    Available for Purchase
  • Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
    Here Today, Gone Tomorrow

    A study of crushed aluminum cans.

    Acrylic and marker on canvas

    16"x24"

    Available for Purchase
  • This Used To Be Such A Lovely Place
    This Used To Be Such A Lovely Place

    It is discouraging to see such disregard for our surroundings. This is all the more heartbreaking since the majority of trash littering our neighborhoods, parks, and roadways is callously tossed there by average citizens. Values start at the top, and when government shows no concern for the natural world, the people tend to follow. 

    Acrylic on canvas.

    48"x36"

    Available for Purchase

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About Michael

Baltimore City  

Michael Stevens Wiggs is a Baltimore-based artist whose work delves into the interplay between humanity and the natural world. His recent series confronts the pressing issue of environmental devastation and the seemingly insurmountable challenge of instigating significant global change. These works invite viewers to examine the consequences of their consumer choices and ponder the balance between wasteful materialism and ecological preservation.

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Sci-Fi and Fantasy

In these works, I wade into the complex and multi-faceted relationship between humanity and technology. I examine the intricate ways in which advanced technological innovations are transforming our existence, and to contemplate how we and our technology affect our planet. A portion of this work also raises questions about the potential pitfalls and consequences of integrating cutting-edge technology into the human body.

 

  • Organic Interface Modules - I
    Organic Interface Modules - I

    Should we really integrate technology into our bodies? What if it turns out the tech hijacks us for its own uses?

    Acrylic and marker on canvas

    8"x10"

    Available for Purchase
  • What's the Point of Immortality?
    What's the Point of Immortality?

    What's going to happen when AI takes our jobs, stuffs our bodies into machines and the world falls apart?

    Acrylic on canvas

    24"x36"

  • The Harder You Squeeze Her The Worse It Will Get
    The Harder You Squeeze Her The Worse It Will Get

    Squeezing the Earth for all she's worth probably won't end well for us. The Earth will fight back. If our species does become extinct by trashing everything so a few billionaires can have even more, life will go on. The Earth will eventually heal itself, new species will evolve, and our brief time here will be marked by a very thin geologic layer of trash, toxic waste, and broken dreams. 

    Acrylic on canvas.

    10"x8"

    Available for Purchase
  • Springtime: Planet M
    Springtime: Planet M

    An atmosphere poisoned by its inhabitants who are long gone. The advanced tech left behind has taken it upon itself to elevate the surviving life above the toxic mist and perhaps some day repopulate the planet.

    Acrylic and colored pencil on canvas

    10"x8"

    Available for Purchase
  • Gorilla at the Threshold
    Gorilla at the Threshold

    Acrylic on canvas

    16"x20"

    Available for Purchase
  • Why Can No One Hear Me?
    Why Can No One Hear Me?

    A lonely relay tower out in the wilderness, passing messages to and fro, receiving none for itself.

    Acrylic on canvas

    10"x8"

    Available for Purchase
  • Feline Relay Tower Seventeen
    Feline Relay Tower Seventeen

    A station on another world, where decorative architecture has been taken to the extreme.

    Acrylic and marker on canvas

    10"x8"

    Available for Purchase
  • Organic Interface Modules - II
    Organic Interface Modules - II

    Another version of technology hijacking our organic sensory structures for its own uses.

    Acrylic and marker on canvas

    8"x10"

  • Segmentation Fault
    Segmentation Fault

    A meditation on chaos and division.

    Acrylic on canvas

    35"x40"

    Available for Purchase
  • The Brilliant Spectre of Inevitability
    The Brilliant Spectre of Inevitability

    Acrylic on canvas.

    28"x36"

    Available for Purchase
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    • Miscellany

    Some of these pieces are one-offs, others are part of a larger series.

    • ...To Your Own Tune
      ...To Your Own Tune

      A simple celebration of rock-n-roll, free expression, gratuitous nudity, and art-nouveaux hair. Inspired by 1960s psychedelic concert posters.

      Acrylic on canvas.

      20"x16"

      Available for Purchase
    • Shareholders Dream
      Shareholders Dream

      Could we please not let trash-filled landscapes be the new normal?

      Acrylic and ink-jet transfer on canvas.

      8"x10"

      Available for Purchase
    • The Location of Memory
      The Location of Memory

      My dear friend Christine passed recently, and it got me reflecting on memories, where we make them, where we store them, how we categorize them, and what they mean to us.

      Acrylic, ink jet transfer, collage, and enumerated push-pins on wood.

      4"x6"

      Available for Purchase
    • Game Over
      Game Over

      Memento Mori

      Acrylic on canvas.

      24"x36"

      Available for Purchase
    • It Ain't Easy Being Green
      It Ain't Easy Being Green

      Acrylic and colored pencil on canvas.

      28"x36"

      Available for Purchase
    • Graphical self-portrait with time advancing from right to left along the X-axis coupled with memories, dreams, and delusions arranged from top to bottom on the Y-axis.
      Graphical self-portrait with time advancing from right to left along the X-axis coupled with memories, dreams, and delusions arranged from top to bottom on the Y-axis.

      Acrylic, colored pencil, and marker on canvas board attached to wooden panel.

      24"x36"

      Available for Purchase
    • Jangmi
      Jangmi

      A rose is a rose is a rose, or so I'm told.

      Acrylic, ink jet transfer, and ink on canvas.

      8"x10"

      Available for Purchase
    • You Must Be This Tall To Enter
      You Must Be This Tall To Enter

      Acrylic and pencil on canvas.

      8"x10"

      Available for Purchase
    • The Oral Majority
      The Oral Majority

      Teeth just wanna have fun...

      Acrylic on canvas.

      28"x20"

      Available for Purchase
    • Land of the Free
      Land of the Free

      This is America, the land of the free. You can do anything, just don't read books, don't trust science, don't be accepting of others, don't show concern for the environment, don't get an abortion, don't learn history, just don't. In fact, buy stuff, do as you're told, and don't ask questions.

      Acrylic on canvas.

      36"x24"
       

      Available for Purchase
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    • Photosynthetic Friends

    I am captivated by the beauty of nature in all of its myriad forms, particularly plant life. My abstract paintings attempt to capture the essence of organic elements. Through these abstractions, I try to convey the intricate patterns, textures, and colors found in the natural world, inviting viewers to see familiar forms in a new light.

    • Post Meridian
      Post Meridian

      A bare tree silhouetted against an early winter twilight. My favorite time of day.

      Acrylic on canvas.

      16"x20"

    • No Such Thing as Perfection
      No Such Thing as Perfection

      Acrylic on canvas.

      24"x20"

    • Mutation
      Mutation

      Acrylic and marker on canvas board.

      20"x16"

      Available for Purchase
    • Alien Frost
      Alien Frost

      Acrylic and colored paper on glass window.

      28"x34"

      Available for Purchase
    • Caught in the Breeze
      Caught in the Breeze

      Acrylic on canvas.

      12"x8"

    • Saguaro II
      Saguaro II

      Acrylic on canvas.

      20"x16"

      Available for Purchase
    • Variant I
      Variant I

      Acrylic on canvas.

      12"x16"

      Available for Purchase
    • Variant IV
      Variant IV

      Acrylic on canvas.

      20"x14"

      Available for Purchase
    • Futility and the Dyson Sphere
      Futility and the Dyson Sphere

      Acrylic and fabric on glass window.

      24"x24"

      Available for Purchase
    • Autumn Structure
      Autumn Structure

      Acrylic and colored pencil on canvas.

      10"x12"

      Available for Purchase
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    • Abstractions

    More explorations of color and form.

    • The Beauty Within
      The Beauty Within

      Acrylic on canvas

      32"x43"

      Available for Purchase
    • Study in Orange, Blue and Rubber
      Study in Orange, Blue and Rubber

      Putting discarded rubber bands to good use.

      Acrylic and rubber bands on canvas.

      24"x18"

      Available for Purchase
    • Borders
      Borders

      Acrylic on canvas

      20"x24"

      Available for Purchase
    • Cross-Convergence
      Cross-Convergence

      Acrylic on canvas

      24"x20"

      Available for Purchase
    • Soul Searching
      Soul Searching

      Acrylic on canvas

      16"x20"

      Available for Purchase
    • Autumn Wind
      Autumn Wind

      Acrylic on canvas.

      36"x12"

      Available for Purchase
    • Dances with Chlorophyl
      Dances with Chlorophyl

      Plants are anything but static. Respiration, photosynthesis, and the transport of fluids and nutrients are but parts of constant motion and growth.

      Acrylic on canvas

      20"x46"

      Available for Purchase
    • I Feel So Powerless These Days
      I Feel So Powerless These Days

      Acrylic on canvas

      20"x16"

      Available for Purchase
    • Synapse
      Synapse

      Contemplating the perception of color, the vagaries of emotion, and the recall of memory happening between the spaces of the neurons in our brains.

      Acrylic on canvas

      30"x40"

      Available for Purchase
    • Electron!
      Electron!

      Who needs quarks anyway?

      Acrylic and marker on canvas.

      11"x14"

      Available for Purchase
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    • Untitled Mixed Media

    These works were created for the "American Values - American Pride, an Election Day Primer"  show at Art Under Ground Studio in November 2006.

    My statement at the time read: "Through these works I am attempting to represent in a simple and iconic way the unforgivable abuses to our Constitution,
    our precious Bill of Rights, and the lack of any basic human decency exhibited by our Government in recent years. Endless war, the rejection of science and reason, evangelism, environmental devastation, voter suppression, fear-mongering, destruction of the middle class, for profit prisons run by corporations, the list of outrages is nearly endless."

    It is most unfortunate that 20 years later these things have gotten worse.


     

    • Untitled (Money Talks)
      Untitled (Money Talks)

      Acrylic, marker, colored pencil, and distorted photocopies on cardboard.

      14"x11"

    • Untitled (Arrogance)
      Untitled (Arrogance)

      Acrylic, ink, and distorted photocopies on cardboard.

      8.5"x11"

      Available for Purchase
    • Untitled (Stock Exchange)
      Untitled (Stock Exchange)

      Acrylic and distorted photocopy on cardboard.

      13"x8.5"

      Available for Purchase
    • Untitled (Monetary Freefall)
      Untitled (Monetary Freefall)

      Acrylic, colored pencil, and distorted photocopy on cardboard.

      11"x8.5"

      Available for Purchase
    • Untitled (License Plate)
      Untitled (License Plate)

      Acrylic, ink and distorted photocopy on cardboard.

      7"x11"

      Available for Purchase
    • Untitled (Chinese Made)
      Untitled (Chinese Made)

      Acrylic and distorted photocopy on cardboard.

      11"x8.5"

      Available for Purchase
    • Untitled (This Image Has Been Censored For Your Protection)
      Untitled (This Image Has Been Censored For Your Protection)

      Acrylic, magazine clipping, colored pencil, and ink on cardboard.

      11"x8.5"

      Available for Purchase
    • Untitled (We The People)
      Untitled (We The People)

      Acrylic and distorted photocopies on cardboard.

      6.5"x10"

      Available for Purchase
    • Untitled (Daddy, What Is Torture?)
      Untitled (Daddy, What Is Torture?)

      Acrylic, distorted photocopy, colored pencil, and ink on cardboard.

      11"x8.5"

      Available for Purchase
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    • Genetic Engineering and Other Disasters

    We allow corporations to have our personal data, medical data, shopping data, and just about everything else. Will we allow them to patent human genes, to control our bodies from within, to create a master race of obedient shoppers?

    • Your Body, My Choice
      Your Body, My Choice

      While the concept of bodily autonomy is central to the debate around reproductive rights, the phrase "your body, my choice" twists this concept to justify prejudice and control over another person's body. A corporation or government with prejudiced beliefs might attempt to alter the genes of a fetus to influence traits like race, sex, or sexual orientation according to their own biased standards. In an even more extreme scenario, someone might develop a biological weapon targeting specific genetic markers. This could be used to harm or eliminate entire groups of people based on their genetic makeup, effectively weaponizing prejudice at a cellular level.

      Acrylic on canvas

      30"x45"

      Available for Purchase
    • G.M.O.
      G.M.O.

      First, they altered the plants, and I said nothing because I was not a plant...

      Acrylic and marker on canvas

      28"x31"

      Available for Purchase
    • G.M.O. - II
      G.M.O. - II

      How much will we charge to ensure your baby has all the approved characteristics? How much you got?

      Acrylic on canvas.

      16"x12"

      Available for Purchase
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    • Invasion!

    A trilogy regarding the invasion of Ukraine by Vladimir Putin.

    • Ukrainian Childhood
      Ukrainian Childhood

      Children's toys crushed into the mud by invading Russian tanks.

      Acrylic on canvas.

      36"x24"

      Available for Purchase
    • Poot-Poot's Ukraine Migraine
      Poot-Poot's Ukraine Migraine

      Inspired by the billboards put up by the Ukrainian government instructing people how to make Molotov cocktails.

      Acrylic on canvas

      30"x40"

      Available for Purchase
    • I'm Such a Gangsta, Yo!
      I'm Such a Gangsta, Yo!

      A portrait of Putin, destroying all he touches.

      Acrylic on canvas

      30"x24"

      Available for Purchase
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