ENLIGHTENMENT (2006)
Oil on Panel - 36” x 24”
In the Portals paintings, enlightenment is found only when one gets beyond the architecture of established formal belief systems. 1/2
ENLIGHTENMENT (2006)
Oil on Panel - 36” x 24”
In the Portals paintings, enlightenment is found only when one gets beyond the architecture of established formal belief systems. 1/2
ELLIE’S DREAM (2010)
Acrylic - 40” x 30”
The vision came to me exactly as you see it here. I was thinking about the Moon Race and the clear cloudless skies of my childhood days in California. 1/3
ELLIE’S DREAM (2010)
Acrylic - 40” x 30”
The vision came to me exactly as you see it here. I was thinking about the Moon Race and the clear cloudless skies of my childhood days in California. 1/3
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/
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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
LUMEN 6 (1999)
Acrylic on Panel - 32" x 32"
Looking for the way to the light, a moment of discovery at last. 1/2
LUMEN 6 (1999)
Acrylic on Panel - 32" x 32"
Looking for the way to the light, a moment of discovery at last. 1/2
WOODLAND PEACE (2008)
Acrylic - 12" X 9"
Whenever it’s been a tough year, I’ve found a way to portray that quietly in my annual holiday card. 1/2
WOODLAND PEACE (2008)
Acrylic - 12" X 9"
Whenever it’s been a tough year, I’ve found a way to portray that quietly in my annual holiday card. 1/2
PEACE (1993)
Oil on Canvas - 20" x 14"
This has become one of the most popular images I created for the family holiday card.
Again I find myself sharing hope for peace during the holiday season, an appeal which seems to be growing in urgency with every passing year.
WINTER ENCHANTMENT (1997)
Acrylic - 20” x 25”
At the height of the winter, the nights may stretch longer but the days are always full of wonder. That magic of possibilities is what I tried to capture in this painting. 1/3
WINTER ENCHANTMENT (1997)
Acrylic - 20” x 25”
At the height of the winter, the nights may stretch longer but the days are always full of wonder. That magic of possibilities is what I tried to capture in this painting. 1/3
PEACE (1993)
Oil on Canvas - 20" x 14"
This has become one of the most popular images I created for the family holiday card.
Again I find myself sharing hope for peace during the holiday season, an appeal which seems to be growing in urgency with every passing year.
WINTER RETURNING (1994)
Acrylic - 8 ½” x 9”
This started as a whim on a scrap of illustration board—a “leftover” before I found that designation for such small sketchy work. I was riffing with colors and not expecting anything to come from the shapes I was playing with. 1/2
WINTER RETURNING (1994)
Acrylic - 8 ½” x 9”
This started as a whim on a scrap of illustration board—a “leftover” before I found that designation for such small sketchy work. I was riffing with colors and not expecting anything to come from the shapes I was playing with. 1/2
NIGHTFROST (2011)
Acrylic on Watercolor Paper - 9” x 6”
A breath of the fantastic… 1/2
LIGHTS (1991)
Acrylic on watercolor board - 30” x 20”
This painting, done many years ago for our Christmas card, is a portrait of my children, Alexa and Adrian, in a personal context. Vessels of light are important symbols in my personal work, and the metaphor as seen here is easier than usual to decipher.
