Artist Information:
Michelle Waters
Los Gatos, CA
United States
Member Since: Apr 2008
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Artist Statement:
I often wonder how we humans
decided that we are the
smartest and most important
species, given that we seem to
have a predilection for war
and a bent for mass suicide.
In my paintings, animals
revolt against the
concrete-enshrouded
materialist mess that 21st
century life has become.
I call my work “environmental
surrealism”. Influences
include kitschy portrayals of
animals that one sees in
mass-marketed popular culture,
the nightmarish imagery of
Hieronymus Bosch, the writings
of Edward Abbey, and my work
as a wildlife rehabilitator.
My cute but naughty animals
are having a good deal of fun
reclaiming their habitat by
demolishing industrial
objects. Grizzly bears with
jackhammers "restoring" a
freeway, a mountain lion with
an acetylene torch
decommissioning a bulldozer,
arctic wildlife laying waste
to a Hummer dealership and
animals tearing down
billboards for housing
developments are some of the
characters who populate my
paintings.
These paintings deconstruct
the assumption of human
superiority to other species
by giving my view of what
might transpire if animals
took control over the fate of
the planet.
I offer my work as cultural
resistance to ecocide.
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Artist Exhibitions:
Selected Solo and 2-Person
Exhibits:
2008 Kaleid Gallery - San
Jose, CA
2007 Environmental Surrealists
– Esteban Sabar Gallery,
Oakland, CA (two-person show)
2006 Animal Insurrection –
Gallery at Thoreau – San
Francisco, CA
2006 Animal Insurrection –
Wiseman Gallery, Rogue
Community College, Grants
Pass, OR
2005 Spectators to Destruction
– First Street Gallery, ...
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Michelle Waters's Free Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Michelle Waters's Portfolio. Browse Waters's body of work: I often wonder how we humans decided that we are the smartest and most important species, given that we seem to have a predilection for war and a bent for mass suicide. In my paintings, animals revolt against the concrete-enshrouded materialist mess that 21st century life has become.
I call my work “environmental surrealism”. Influences include kitschy portrayals of animals that one sees in mass-marketed popular culture, the nightmarish imagery of Hieronymus Bosch, the writings of Edward Abbey, and my work as a wildlife rehabilitator. My cute but naughty animals are having a good deal of fun reclaiming ... |
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The Undevelopment Agency, 2007
Acrylic Painting,
41 x 31 inches
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Gimme a C, 2006
Acrylic Painting,
31 x 41 inches
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American Nightmare, 2007
Acrylic Painting,
30 x 20 inches
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Skin Show, 2007
Acrylic Painting,
30 x 20 inches
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Holy Squirrel, 2006
Acrylic Painting,
11 x 14 inches
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Forest Nativity, 2008
Acrylic Painting,
14 x 11 inches
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