Artist Information:
Michelle Waters
Los Gatos, CA
United States
Member Since: Apr 2008
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Artist Statement:
My art fuses my love for
animals, concern about the
welfare of the planet and
twisted sense of humor. I call
my work "environmental
surrealism". Influences
include kitschy portrayals of
animals from mass-marketed
popular culture, the
nightmarish imagery of
Hieronymus Bosch, Beatrix
Potter, Maurice Sendak, the
writings of Edward Abbey, and
my work as a wildlife
rehabilitator.
My "religious animals"
paintings are a reaction to
the ubiquitous fundamentalist
religion in America as well as
the idea propounded by most
organized religions that
animals have no souls. Some of
my animal characters have
founded their own religion,
complete with nuns, popes and
televangelists. My
environmentally-themed
paintings feature naughty
animals having fun turning our
superiority on its head 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.
I also enjoy the disquieting
effect of combining body parts
from different species. As
someone who works with small
animals I often ponder the
evolutionary process - why
creatures look the way they
do. Questions as what ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
Selected Solo and 2-Person
Exhibits:
2010 Notre Dame De Namur
University Library Gallery
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, ...
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Michelle Waters's Free Artist Portfolio
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My art fuses my love for animals, concern about the welfare of the planet and twisted sense of humor. I call my work "environmental surrealism". Influences include kitschy portrayals of animals from mass-marketed popular culture, the nightmarish imagery of Hieronymus Bosch, Beatrix Potter, Maurice Sendak, the writings of Edward Abbey, and my work as a wildlife rehabilitator.
My "religious animals" paintings are a reaction to the ubiquitous fundamentalist religion in America as well as the idea propounded by most organized religions that animals have no souls. Some of my animal characters have founded their own religion, complete with nuns, popes and televangelists. My environmentally-themed paintings feature naughty animals having fun turning our superiority on its head 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.
I also enjoy the disquieting effect of combining body parts from different species. As someone who works with small animals I often ponder the evolutionary process - why creatures look the way they do. Questions as what ... |
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