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Michael Harnish’s new body of work is comprised of images that reflect life in a Los Angeles landscape. Tattered abstract notions of collage elements align with natural California beauty. Harnish calls this new series California Romanticism. Mysterious shapes take form and allow the viewer to drift back and forth between abstract elements and highly defined images. Globs of paint are placed upon seemingly highly rendered painting elements. Nothing takes center stage in the pictures. Everything in them plays off of one another and creates unexpected levels of visual representation.
The pictures are “really designed to mimic Los Angeles culture where high and low materials are constantly operating within the same space,” said Harnish. For example, a picture postcard of a Santa Monica sunset can be seen just beyond the graffitied trash dumpster.
The pictures are reminiscent of Eduard Vuillard, who used color and objects in a new way to create dream-like images. Harnish places bold fluorescent colors alongside seemingly traditional settings. The paint marks fracture from clarity and drift into obscurity, taking their cues from impressionist paintings of the past.
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Michael Harnish’s new body of work is comprised of images that reflect life in a Los Angeles landscape. Tattered abstract notions of collage elements align with natural California beauty. Harnish calls this new series California Romanticism. Mysterious shapes take form and allow the viewer to drift back and forth between abstract elements and highly defined images. Globs of paint are placed upon seemingly highly rendered painting elements. Nothing takes center stage in the pictures. Everything in them plays off of one another and creates unexpected levels of visual representation.
The pictures are “really designed to mimic Los Angeles culture where high and low materials are constantly operating within the same space,” said Harnish. For example, a picture postcard of a Santa Monica sunset can be seen just beyond the graffitied trash dumpster.
The pictures are reminiscent of Eduard Vuillard, who used color and objects in a new way to create dream-like images. Harnish places bold fluorescent colors alongside seemingly traditional settings. The paint marks fracture from clarity and drift into obscurity, taking their cues from impressionist paintings of the past.
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Year 2022
Materials Acrylic, Oil, & Oil Stick on Canvas
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48 x 36 inches
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48 x 36 inches
Floated: 50 x 38 x 2 inches Unframed: 48 x 36 inches
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Recently featured in Architectural Digest, 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.
Michael Harnish’s new body of work is comprised of images that reflect life in a Los Angeles landscape. Tattered abstract notions of collage elements align with natural California beauty. Harnish calls this new series California Romanticism. Mysterious shapes take form and allow the viewer to drift back and forth between abstract elements and highly defined images. Globs of paint are placed upon seemingly highly rendered painting elements. Nothing takes center stage in the pictures. Everything in them plays off of one another and creates unexpected levels of visual representation.
The pictures are “really designed to mimic Los Angeles culture where high and low materials are constantly operating within the same space,” said Harnish. For example, a picture postcard of a Santa Monica sunset can be seen just beyond the graffitied trash dumpster.
The pictures are reminiscent of Eduard Vuillard, who used color and objects in a new way to create dream-like images. Harnish places bold fluorescent colors alongside seemingly traditional settings. The paint marks fracture from clarity and drift into obscurity, taking their cues from impressionist paintings of the past.
43495110770870
43495110770870::48.0 x 36.0 inches | Original Work / Natural / Reveal:://www.tappancollective.com/cdn/shop/files/Truer-than-True-36x48-Natural.jpg?v=1739604494::1.0,
43495110803638::48.0 x 36.0 inches | Original Work / Walnut / Reveal:://www.tappancollective.com/cdn/shop/files/Truer-than-True-36x48-Walnut.jpg?v=1739604499::1.0,
43495110836406::48.0 x 36.0 inches | Original Work / Unframed / N/A:://www.tappancollective.com/cdn/shop/files/Truer-than-True-36x48-no-frame.jpg?v=1739604499::1.0,
