Mike Maxwell

Building a memory in space, time, and mind

2020

Painted with Mikes unique process distressing the paint as he layers it.

Born in 1979 San Diego based artist Mike Maxwell has built a loyal following with his signature stone-blue faces, gloomy churches & beautiful windmills. Self-taught & continuously im...

Acrylic and spray paint

Acrylic and spray paint

Acrylic

Acrylic

Jared Bernstein "Universal", 2022 acrylic, oilstick and acrylic paint marker on canvas 101 x 204 cm 40 x 80 in I’m the kinda fellow To ruffle your feathers Sure we can talk about...

Acrylic paint on canvas Outsider art Signed Unique work

Acrylic paint on canvas Signed Unique work

Acrylic paint on canvas Outsider art Signed Unique work

Acrylic paint on canvas Hand-signed low in the center « Here the barbaric or savage ceremonies of New Guinea take on the air of Rio carnival. Here the vita...

Acrylic paint on canvas Hand-signed lower right « Here the barbaric or savage ceremonies of New Guinea take on the air of Rio carnival. Here the vitality bursts and the colors dance the jig while thundering. A charivari of African masks, children's drawings and neon colors invades the meticulously meshed backdrops with volcanic overflows. It seems that within a kindergarten class, merry feathered wizards have joined together to cover the canvas or the paper with totemic figures strewn with the most inventively unexpected graffiti, in a creative frenzy so bubbling that the anarchy that threat recovers as in spite of itself a semblance of balance. The graphic design performs an enveloping and virtuoso dance that passes from the most wisely academic exercise to the most exuberant and Dionysian lyrical expressionism. It's flamboyant, paroxysmal and wonderfully joyful. Should we detect here any influence of the spirit of "outsider art", today widespread worldwide? Perhaps, but then it is undeniable that the personal temperament of Mohammad ARIYAEI...