American painter Michael Carson studied design at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design before becoming a fine artist. He didn’t start painting until several years after graduating in 1996, now creating paintings with an atmospheric realism inspired by Norman Rockwell, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and John Singer Sargent.
For Carson, who was born and raised in Minneapolis and is now based in Arizona, every work is a chance to explore the interplay of color and light. Carson is also fascinated by texture, with how the movement of the brush guides the eye and can drastically alter the mood of a painting. “I like the fact that the face can be such a subtle subject, and one brushstroke can be the difference in the feel of the entire piece,” he has stated.
As a figurative painter and visual storyteller in the mold of Joseph Lorusso, Carson often focuses on solitary women, particularly concentrating on fashion and settings like nightclubs and cafés, embodying the mood of a moment. Never objectified, his subjects and especially the depth of their facial expressions reflect Carson’s desire to follow in French painter Toulouse-Lautrec’s footsteps and “just exist and observe and create,” as he told Resident magazine. Music is a major influence, with Carson borrowing song lyrics for titles and painting the cover of American singer-songwriter Matt Berninger’s 2020 album Serpentine Prison.
Allowing globs of paint to trail down the canvas, Carson wipes away colors to create a translucent glaze, layering patterns and figures to ghostly effect. These techniques are aimed at shifting viewer perspective and encouraging a closer look at the detailed brushwork and what’s happening just under the surface of his muted palettes.
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"Bluff"
By Michael Carson
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Mike Carson is a Minneapolis painter, and graduate of the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, whose artwork can be found in private and corporate collec...
Bronze
$1,742
H 7.09 in W 7.09 in D 3.94 in
Small Sitting Figur V - contemporary bronze nude female sculpture in wood-frame
By Susanne Kraisser
Located in Schierensee, SH
"Small Sitting Figure V" is a bronze sculpture of a sitting nude female on a white wooden frame. Edition 18, signed, numbered and dated on the back. The wooden block can be hung on ...
Bronze
$1,625
H 11.82 in W 6.3 in D 1.58 in
Girl Sitting on Panel-contemporary bronze sculpture, nude female on rustic panel
By Susanne Kraisser
Located in Schierensee, SH
"Sitting Girl on Panel" is a bronze sculpture of a nude sitting female on a rustic panel. Edition 30, signed, numbered and dated on the back. The rustic panel can be hung on a wall ...
Bronze
$2,555
H 8.27 in W 4.34 in D 5.12 in
Girl Sitting X -contemporary bronze sculpture, nude female on wooden block
By Susanne Kraisser
Located in Schierensee, SH
"Girl Sitting X" is a bronze sculpture of a nude sitting female on a wooden block. Edition 18, signed, numbered and dated on the bottom. The wooden block can be hung on a wall (come...
Bronze
$2,903
H 8.27 in W 5.52 in D 4.34 in
Girl Sitting XIV - contemporary bronze sculpture of nude female on wooden block
By Susanne Kraisser
Located in Schierensee, SH
"Girl Sitting XIV" is a bronze sculpture of a nude sitting female on a wooden block. Edition 18, signed, numbered and dated on the bottom. The wooden block can be hung on a wall (comes with the hinges to hang up on the wall). The sculptress Susanne Kraisser is to be considered as part of the great modern figurative tradition. She was born in 1977 in Rosenheim, Southern Germany. She studied both at the Academy of Fine Arts Nuremberg and the University of Arts in Bremen. She graduated with distinction in 2007 in Nuremberg and received her Diploma with distinction in 2008 in Bremen. She has won numerous awards and exhibits nationally as well as internationally. Artist Statement: For me, sculpture is particularly shape and material, volume and size, space, movement and statics. I focus on the ‘female body’, presenting it either as an intimate miniature or on a monumental scale – each time as a solitary figure. In terms of content, my work focuses on identifying and combining polarities, such as instability and strength, fragility and solidity, activity and passivity, movement and statics, balance and volume, and dependence and autarchy. I work predominantly with the materials bronze, aluminium and wood. The small miniatures are made from wax and are then cast in bronze as part of what is known as the wax smelting process. Large-scale pieces are similarly cast in aluminium or created directly out of wood. The various work processes and tools determine the appearance of the surface; for wax, it’s my hands, and for wood, it’s my chainsaw. Each material is a new challenge for me. My previous wood-sculpting studies involved respecting the material’s limits to create craft of solid quality in keeping with the material. But this is where the intense discussion and its limit become clear. I fight with the material, and a lot of things go wrong. It becomes my opponent, whose limits I test out and reset if necessary. Cautious movements requiring a lot of physical tension are maintained without losing their inner dynamics. Amidst the often harmonious external form is a harsh dissonance evidenced by the rough, fragmented design...
Bronze
$40,417
H 61.03 in W 19.69 in D 24.81 in
Girl’s dream by Cécile Raynal - seated woman figure, bronze sculpture
By Cécile Raynal
Located in Paris, FR
Girl’s dream is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Cécile Raynal, dimensions are 155 × 50 × 63 cm (61 × 19.7 × 24.8 in). Dimensions include white wood stand. The sculpt...
Bronze
$2,787
H 8.27 in W 5.12 in D 4.73 in
Girl Sitting XIII - contemporary bronze sculpture, nude female on wooden block
By Susanne Kraisser
Located in Schierensee, SH
"Girl Sitting XIII" is a bronze sculpture of a nude sitting female on a wooden block. Edition 18, signed, numbered and dated on the bottom. The wooden block can be hung on a wall (c...
Bronze
$1,393
H 5.12 in W 5.12 in D 3.94 in
Small Sitting Figur - minimalist bronze nude female sculpture in wood-frame
By Susanne Kraisser
Located in Schierensee, SH
"Small Sitting Figure VIII" is a bronze sculpture of an elongated nude female on a white wooden frame. Edition 18, signed, numbered and dated on the ba...
Bronze
$2,555
H 9.06 in W 9.06 in D 3.94 in
Two- contemporary minimalist bronze sculpture nude couple standing in wood-frame
By Susanne Kraisser
Located in Schierensee, SH
"Two VIII" is a bronze sculpture of a nude standing couple on a white wooden frame. Edition 18, signed, numbered and dated on the bottom. The wooden block can be hung on a wall (com...
Bronze
$4,413
H 9.06 in W 5.91 in D 5.52 in
Pair - contemporary bronze sculpture of a seated couple on a wooden block
By Susanne Kraisser
Located in Schierensee, SH
"Pair III" is a bronze sculpture of a couple sitting on a wooden block. Edition 18, signed, numbered and dated on the bottom. The wooden block has a concrete aesthetic. Comes with t...
Bronze
$7,000
H 26.5 in W 7 in D 7 in
Linda Stein, Knight of Healing 615 - Contemporary Art Bronze Sculpture Edition
By Linda Stein
Located in New York, NY
Knight of Healing 615 from Linda Stein’s Knights of Protection series functions both as a defender in battle and a symbol of pacifism. This sculpture is made of bronze, has a pedest...
Concrete, Bronze
$176,650
H 35.44 in W 133.86 in D 66.93 in
The Ladies’ Table by Cécile Raynal - Smoke-fired stoneware sculptures, bronze
By Cécile Raynal
Located in Paris, FR
The Ladies’ Table is an installation by the contemporary French artist Cécile Raynal that brings together portraits of women from the artist’s entourage, friends or people she has in...
Bronze
$1,742
H 7.09 in W 7.09 in D 4.34 in
Small Sitting Figur - contemporary bronze nude female sculpture in wood-frame
By Susanne Kraisser
Located in Schierensee, SH
"Small Sitting Figure XXII" is a bronze sculpture of a sitting nude female on a white wooden frame. Edition 18, signed, numbered and dated on the back. The wooden block can be hung ...
Bronze