There May Be Some Overlap by Michael Mikottis
Acrylic on Canvas, 2018, USA
Size 24” x 36”
A lifelong Chicago-area artist with paintings currently exhibiting at a fine arts gallery in the Midwest, Mike has studied European-style faux finishing, wood- graining, marbling, and mural painting under French decorative painting masters. He has been praised for fusing his fine arts training with professional graphic design skills and photography to create illustrations that evoke both emotion and reflection.
“I use deconstructed and reconstructed imagery drawn from the natural world to probe the relationships that link opposed concepts. For example, Form vs. Formlessness, or Isolation vs. Connectedness. I enjoy a sense of solace from reflecting on themes such as these while experiencing nature- and many of the paintings offer visual expressions of my emotional responses.
My style could be described as an idiosyncratic interpretation of Impressionism- in my case an Impressionism injected with elements of Expressionism, Abstractionism and Postmodernism. But it isn't deliberately any of these- I "follow the muse" as they say.
My painting techniques occupy a spectrum, and have ranged from rather straightforward renderings to looser and less defined styles, to works embellished with layers of "decoration". I find combining modalities helps me to develop ideas that “express the hidden, and hide the obvious”. It's my small way of commenting on the inter-connectedness of all things.” ~ Michael Mikottis
Acrylic on Canvas, 2018, USA
Size 24” x 36”
A lifelong Chicago-area artist with paintings currently exhibiting at a fine arts gallery in the Midwest, Mike has studied European-style faux finishing, wood- graining, marbling, and mural painting under French decorative painting masters. He has been praised for fusing his fine arts training with professional graphic design skills and photography to create illustrations that evoke both emotion and reflection.
“I use deconstructed and reconstructed imagery drawn from the natural world to probe the relationships that link opposed concepts. For example, Form vs. Formlessness, or Isolation vs. Connectedness. I enjoy a sense of solace from reflecting on themes such as these while experiencing nature- and many of the paintings offer visual expressions of my emotional responses.
My style could be described as an idiosyncratic interpretation of Impressionism- in my case an Impressionism injected with elements of Expressionism, Abstractionism and Postmodernism. But it isn't deliberately any of these- I "follow the muse" as they say.
My painting techniques occupy a spectrum, and have ranged from rather straightforward renderings to looser and less defined styles, to works embellished with layers of "decoration". I find combining modalities helps me to develop ideas that “express the hidden, and hide the obvious”. It's my small way of commenting on the inter-connectedness of all things.” ~ Michael Mikottis
Acrylic on Canvas, 2018, USA
Size 24” x 36”
A lifelong Chicago-area artist with paintings currently exhibiting at a fine arts gallery in the Midwest, Mike has studied European-style faux finishing, wood- graining, marbling, and mural painting under French decorative painting masters. He has been praised for fusing his fine arts training with professional graphic design skills and photography to create illustrations that evoke both emotion and reflection.
“I use deconstructed and reconstructed imagery drawn from the natural world to probe the relationships that link opposed concepts. For example, Form vs. Formlessness, or Isolation vs. Connectedness. I enjoy a sense of solace from reflecting on themes such as these while experiencing nature- and many of the paintings offer visual expressions of my emotional responses.
My style could be described as an idiosyncratic interpretation of Impressionism- in my case an Impressionism injected with elements of Expressionism, Abstractionism and Postmodernism. But it isn't deliberately any of these- I "follow the muse" as they say.
My painting techniques occupy a spectrum, and have ranged from rather straightforward renderings to looser and less defined styles, to works embellished with layers of "decoration". I find combining modalities helps me to develop ideas that “express the hidden, and hide the obvious”. It's my small way of commenting on the inter-connectedness of all things.” ~ Michael Mikottis