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Bound to Blow Away

Painting
Sale price$14,500

Acrylic, oil, spray paint, and oil stick on canvas

In his new body of work, Michael Harnish cuts out and assembles imagery from contemporary and vintage fashion magazines and botanical books, building relationships across seemingly distant visual genres. Hard, gestural cuts and tears contrast with tonal gradations and deliberately haphazard compositional moves. Harnish’s work also demonstrates a sensitivity to colo  ...(more)

Size: 72 x 60 inches
Michael Harnish

About the Artist

Michael Harnish

Michael Harnish begins his painting process by first making paper collages, utilizing imagery pulled from various sources including botanical books, fashion magazines, and commercial signage in his native Southern California. These collages then become the inspiration for his paintings—sometimes accurate depictions of the original collage, other times improvisation takes the lead once the brush hits the canvas. Flora takes a central role in Harnish’s works, with local cactus and agave played off tropical plants and grocery store orchids—combining a high/low aesthetic in an exhilarating synthesis. Harnish has exhibited widely through out Southern California and in London.

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Bound to Blow Away Sale price$14,500