Artist Information:
Michael Brady
Durham, NC
United States
Member Since: Mar 2002
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Artist Statement:
In his work over the last
quarter century, noted North
Carolina artist Michael Brady
has concentrated on painting
the human form.
In most of his paintings,
there are usually one or two
nude figures, and they are
shown against a field of
abstract geometric shapes. By
doing this, Brady restricts
the focus to the viewer's'
reactions to the human form
and their responses to the art
and techniques of painting and
drawing.
In the 1980s and into the
early 1990s, Brady developed a
significant body of geometric
abstractions without figures.
These paintings were a
striking departure from his
more well known figural style.
The early abstract works had
overt affiliations to those of
Robert Motherwell, especially
the Spanish Elegies in their
use of one or two dark
rectangular shapes against a
lighter ground, and later to
the abstract paintings of
Richard Diebenkorn, notably
the Ocean Park series.
It was during a beach vacation
in 1983 that Brady made dozens
of drawings, pastels, and
studies of restricted
geometric themes, and from
these he eventually produced a
large number of oil and
acrylic paintings that
extended the motifs of the
rectangle, triangle, and oval.
The works of this 'abstract
period' provided ...
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Artist Galleries:
Represented in Durham, the
Triangle, and central North
Carolina by
Craven Allen Gallery
1106 1/2 Borad Street
Durham, NC 27705
919 286 4837
John C. Bloedorn
Keigh A. Wenger...
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Michael Brady's Free Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Michael Brady's Portfolio. Browse Brady's body of work: In his work over the last quarter century, noted North Carolina artist Michael Brady has concentrated on painting the human form.
In most of his paintings, there are usually one or two nude figures, and they are shown against a field of abstract geometric shapes. By doing this, Brady restricts the focus to the viewer's' reactions to the human form and their responses to the art and techniques of painting and drawing.
In the 1980s and into the early 1990s, Brady developed a significant body of geometric abstractions without figures. These paintings were a striking departure from his more ... |
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