MICHAEL FORNADLEY
Baltimore, OhioMid East - United States



Original Artworks (27)

Michael Fornadley; Pokey Riders 2, 2020, Original Painting Oil, 48 x 38 inches. Artwork description: 241 Casein and Oil on Wood...
Michael Fornadley
Original Oil Painting, 2020
48 x 38 inches (121.9 x 96.5 cm)
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Michael Fornadley; Exodus 2, 2020, Original Painting Oil, 48 x 38 inches. Artwork description: 241 Parables with unscripted conclusions, balancing illustrative with intellect- opposites through thoughts and emotions, figures in motion eccentric objectsman carrying gold nugget, party hats, birthday cakes, man with staffleading the eye through theatrical space, enticing viewer to ponder a logical conclusion, when there is none. ...
Michael Fornadley
Original Oil Painting, 2020
48 x 38 inches (121.9 x 96.5 cm)
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Michael Fornadley; Water Jugs, 2019, Original Painting Oil, 57 x 38 inches. Artwork description: 241 Unscripted narrative, theme of work vs play, main scene of children playing paper football and men toiling to carry heavy objects...
Michael Fornadley
Original Oil Painting, 2019
57 x 38 inches (144.8 x 96.5 cm)
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Michael Fornadley; Boat People 2, 2020, Original Painting Oil, 48 x 38 inches. Artwork description: 241 Oils and Casein on wood, Style- expressionism, figurative images- people- boats, that convey societal themes within a seascape...
Michael Fornadley
Original Oil Painting, 2020
48 x 38 inches (121.9 x 96.5 cm)
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Michael Fornadley; My Day In The Village, 2018, Original Painting Oil, 57 x 38 inches. Artwork description: 241 Still in transition, subject to change. ...
Michael Fornadley
Original Oil Painting, 2018
57 x 38 inches (144.8 x 96.5 cm)
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Michael Fornadley; Red Rover Red Rover, 1996, Original Painting Oil, 57 x 36 inches.
Michael Fornadley
Original Oil Painting, 1996
57 x 36 inches (144.8 x 91.4 cm)
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Michael Fornadley; The Curator, 2018, Original Painting Oil, 80 x 55 inches.
Michael Fornadley
Original Oil Painting, 2018
80 x 55 inches (203.2 x 139.7 cm)
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Michael Fornadley; Go Ask Alice, 2018, Original Painting Oil, 57 x 38 inches.
Michael Fornadley
Original Oil Painting, 2018
57 x 38 inches (144.8 x 96.5 cm)
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Michael Fornadley; In The Wilderness, 1997, Original Painting Oil, 57 x 38 inches.
Michael Fornadley
Original Oil Painting, 1997
57 x 38 inches (144.8 x 96.5 cm)
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Michael Fornadley; Waiting For John Brown, 1993, Original Painting Oil, 57 x 38 inches. Artwork description: 241 Repainted 2017...
Michael Fornadley
Original Oil Painting, 1993
57 x 38 inches (144.8 x 96.5 cm)
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Michael Fornadley; Cowboys On Crazy Horse, 2019, Original Painting Oil, 57 x 34 inches. Artwork description: 241 Literary illusions, 2 cowboys on crazy horse with rocker base, man holding a canvas or mirror, Fog coming in behind 2 distant riders.Compositional walls, leading the eye and confining the center figures. ...
Michael Fornadley
Original Oil Painting, 2019
57 x 34 inches (144.8 x 86.4 cm)
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Michael Fornadley; The Pandora Box, 1995, Original Painting Oil, 57 x 37 inches. Artwork description: 241 Repainted with oils 2016...
Michael Fornadley
Original Oil Painting, 1995
57 x 37 inches (144.8 x 94.0 cm)
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Michael Fornadley; Boom Boom, 1992, Original Painting Oil, 64 x 50 inches.
Michael Fornadley
Original Oil Painting, 1992
64 x 50 inches (162.6 x 127.0 cm)
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Michael Fornadley; White Dog Needs Out, 1996, Original Painting Other, 57 x 38 inches.
Michael Fornadley
Original Other Painting, 1996
57 x 38 inches (144.8 x 96.5 cm)
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Michael Fornadley; Mene Mene Tekel Upharsin, 1992, Original Painting Oil, 56 x 35 inches. Artwork description: 241 Repainted with oil 2017...
Michael Fornadley
Original Oil Painting, 1992
56 x 35 inches (142.2 x 88.9 cm)
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Michael Fornadley; Museum Piece, 1996, Original Painting Oil, 57 x 38 inches.
Michael Fornadley
Original Oil Painting, 1996
57 x 38 inches (144.8 x 96.5 cm)
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Michael Fornadley; An Artist Statement, 2017, Original Painting Oil, 56 x 44 inches.
Michael Fornadley
Original Oil Painting, 2017
56 x 44 inches (142.2 x 111.8 cm)
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Michael Fornadley; Idolatry, 1995, Original Painting Other, 58 x 38 inches.
Michael Fornadley
Original Other Painting, 1995
58 x 38 inches (147.3 x 96.5 cm)
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Michael Fornadley; Rocking Horse Land, 2017, Original Painting Oil, 57 x 37 inches.
Michael Fornadley
Original Oil Painting, 2017
57 x 37 inches (144.8 x 94.0 cm)
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Michael Fornadley; One Tin Soldier, 1995, Original Painting Other, 57 x 38 inches.
Michael Fornadley
Original Other Painting, 1995
57 x 38 inches (144.8 x 96.5 cm)
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Artist Statement


All my life I have been drawing images out of my imagination, without preconceived themes or using any reference material. My work has been described as undefined narratives, relating to human relationships in the context of society. Compositions are filled with figurative gestures, without any attempt to develop a narrative thread, it drives the viewer to find a completed story, however, an unscripted conclusion is what they will find. Title’s to my tales are literary allusions - commentaries, occurring after the paintings are finished and the storyline, to which the title refers is not a factor in the paintings evolution.

I describe my style as illustrative with intellect, sometimes showing opposites through thought and emotion. I try to balance both. I have always enjoyed the Expressionists Movements in art and my work reflects this. My painting technique is traditional. The mediums I use are oils, egg tempera on wood and wood cuts. Distinctive to my paintings are figures running, persons gesturing, eccentric objects, mysterious boxes, and usually one person in the background watching impassively. I lead the eye through a theatrical space walls and stages. Moving the viewer, with head movement, to pointed fingers, to a figure by a peculiar object, enticing the observer to ponder a logical conclusion, when there is none.

Art is an individual’s pursuit and gift of leaving something behind, artist are not immortal. There work can be. Any art worth leaving behind reflects the individual involved, we are all created unique souls, with a story to tell.
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