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House paint on canvas.

60x72x2"

Artist Statement
Michael Filan
917 494 5252
My painting process has become brushless. The gestures, drips, and splashes that unite my work have become increasingly more intricate over time and address viewers in a language that is private, intense, and consistently self-referential. Within the context of abstraction, I am constantly inventing a new vocabulary that employs gesture, form, and notation. The intensity of the color is used as a mystical guide that leads me through the creation process. Spacial planes are created on the painting's surface that offers resting points for viewers to pause before further embarking on a journey of exploration. -Michael Filan