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47482 author: MichaelWhelan@mastodon.art 10 Sep 2024 15:15
tags: #fineart #imaginativerealism #passage #personalvisions

PASSAGE: THE AVATAR (1988)
Acrylic on Canvas - 48" x 48"

Initially inspired by a few notes from a Pink Floyd instrumental track, this came to me while floating in a sensory deprivation tank. 1/3

Three classical arches stand tall against a calm cerulean sky at twilight. Transparent spheres, each containing a flicker of flame, float among the pillars of a ruined yet still beautiful structure. Steps lead up from the sand to a broad pedestal set at the center of the arches. Above it a star hangs low on the horizon. In the immediate foreground, a path of stones winds across a shallow tidal pool. Water reflects the vertical lines of the pillars.

3593 author: MichaelWhelan@mastodon.art 11 Jul 2024 14:12
tags: #fineart #imaginativerealism #personalvisions

EYE (2002)
Oil on Linen - 72" x 36"

Painted almost exactly as I envisioned it in a dream.

https://www.michaelwhelan.com/galleries/eye/

A smooth stone piling stands tall at the edge of the water on a white sand beach. Set near the top, a circle wrought in rusted iron provides a view through to where the water meets the shore. The circle is bisected by a diagonal, like a "no" symbol. Water pools at the base of the piling. The withdrawn tide has left a wavy line of white pebbles deposited along the sinuous coastline.

Detail from EYE featuring the top of a smooth stone piling. A circle of rusted iron provides a view through to the coast and horizon, but the peephole is bisected by a diagonal line, not a crosshair for aiming but suggestive of a "no" symbol.