Michael getz - online gallery
I am a graduate of the Ontario College of Art and Design - Interdisciplinary Studies Program. While there I had the opportunity to experiment with a variety of media. As a result I have become quite skillful and accomplished in many different areas of art making. In addition to painting; I work in video, audio, writing, serigraphy, wood, and whatever else I can get my hands on and head around.I want my paintings to be an exploration of the human body as a singular work of beauty. I want to create flesh through paint; It's depth, interstices, imperfections, smoothness, roughness, and its desire to be touched. I would like the viewer to be drawn to the subject and have the desire to touch and explore the form. I want the viewer to feel that they are in a very intimate situation; alone with the subject, and free of any distractions from the flesh. Free to explore as they wish. My love for the human form runs very deep. I try to capture the form in a moment. As in a snapshot, only much deeper. I keep my paintings very intimate by using primarily singular subjects against a limited background giving a sense of close quarters. The viewer is forced to focus on the body and examine it's every detail. I take my inspiration from the paintings of Picasso, Breugel, and De Kooning; as well as film, music, and watching the human race move about in that obliviously blind manner it spends the majority of its time in. You can contact me via email at: [email protected].